Thanks Mac............
I'm grateful for your advice re Kubuntu which I'll attempt in the near future. I'm just starting to get to grips with Suse. Having used Win of one kind or another for the last seven or eight years, it all seems a bit strange, but I've a couple of manuals to help ease the pain. Come to think of it, the manuals have all the answers but the real trouble is knowing what questions to ask!
Firefox still won't play the game, by the way.
Thanks,
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