Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:26:31 -0500 From: Jeff Cross <jeff.cross@averageadmins.com> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Flash Player on FreeBSD Message-ID: <4439B447.1080109@averageadmins.com>
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I have seen a number of e-mails lately about a petition for having a native Flash Player for the FreeBSD operating system. I have noticed that the flashplayer* plugin has been removed from the ports tree and I understand why. But, what needs to happen to allow FreeBSD users to use the Flash Player plugin? I just saw where Verizon and Adobe have come to an agreement to allow Verizon to put the Flash Player on their mobile phones. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/biztech/04/06/adobe.verizon.reut/index.html?section=cnn_tech Would it be possible to approach Adobe about getting this kind of agreement for FreeBSD? I mean, their EULA says the software can't be used on the Windows XP Media Center operating system (unless I have misread this, please correct me if I'm wrong). There are a number of laptops coming out now with the Media Center OS on them. Don't you think they run Flash Player on them? I'm not trying to kick a dead horse here. Like I said earlier, I know this has been discussed time and time again. But, I thoroughly enjoy using FreeBSD. I rarely boot in to Windows any more. As much as I hate to admit it, it just feels natural to visit a Flash enabled web site and have it work on FreeBSD. Even though I don't visit that many (on purpose anyway), when I do I like to see what I visited the site to see, even if that happens to be Flash enabled content. And, I'm sure there is more to this than I realize, but isn't the flashplayer plugin running on Linux, even in FreeBSD, due to the Linux Binary Compatibility? I just thought it was worth a shot! :) I also blogged about this so if you'd care to comment on my blog, the URL is: http://www.averageadmins.com/blog/2006/04/09/flash-fragged-from-freebsd/ I'm sure I'm not as smart as most of you guys, and don't claim to be, but I am willing to help! Jeff Cross www.averageadmins.com
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