From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 01:26:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A9D16A400 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from S3.cableone.net (s3.cableone.net [24.116.0.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 449D143D48 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:26:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from [172.16.0.102] (unverified [24.117.52.220]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 53517432 for ; Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:08:31 -0700 Message-ID: <4439B447.1080109@averageadmins.com> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:26:31 -0500 From: Jeff Cross User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060402) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: advocacy@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 20, in=23, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.52.220 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Cc: Subject: Flash Player on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:26:35 -0000 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