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I've tried most of the things suggested on this site and others so far. It's kind of frustrating because this is a home computer and I mainly use it for browsing the internet and watching YouTube videos. When I try to install something that might fix it, it just downloads a bunch of files and says to extract them or whatever. I'm not sure what to do with the files after I extract them. That's probably the main issue: I don't have a lot of experience working with computers at this level. I'm used to Windows, which seems to make most software installs idiot-proof. Any suggestions are appreciated!!

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The Flash Player can be installed from the Multiverse repository: flashplugin-installer. You need to make sure that you have the Multiverse repo enabled: [Synaptic: Settings > Repositories > Ubuntu Software]. [Ubuntu Software Center: Edit > Software Sources > Ubuntu Software].

An easy and quick way to get it working though is to just install Google Chrome by going to this link and following the directions: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

Chrome builds Flash into the browser itself so it means if you have the browser, you have Flash.
Then type chrome://plugins in location bar to enable Flash.

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"You need to make sure that you have the Multiverse repo enabled: [Synaptic: Settings > Repositories > Ubuntu Software]." Sorry to be ignorant, but where do I put that in? I've already installed Chrome, it still doesn't work. – John Hill Dec 16 '12 at 15:32
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Ok, I found the fix! I uninstalled the Adobe flash player, and now it works. Not sure why, but now I can watch YouTube videos in either Firefox or Chrome, and websites that require flash work now as well. On YouTube, it still asks you to install a plugin, but then it plays it anyway. Thanks for all the help! – John Hill Dec 16 '12 at 20:14
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You could install Adobe Flash Player for flash support: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

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Tried that too. Still nothing. I've also tried the ubuntu-restricted-extras. – John Hill Dec 16 '12 at 15:35

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