From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 16:42:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D014106566B for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:42:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-bw0-f224.google.com (mail-bw0-f224.google.com [209.85.218.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BECC8FC16 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz24 with SMTP id 24so2547782bwz.13 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:42:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.10.3 with SMTP id n3mr272382bkn.81.1267807338444; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:42:18 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [85.116.204.54] In-Reply-To: <20100305161210.GA46349@gmail.com> References: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> <20100305065837.660d3ebd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100305110049.GA10715@gmail.com> <20100305161210.GA46349@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:42:18 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Pongthep Kulkrisada , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:42:29 -0000 On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: > Or the problem is that I cvsup(ed) from 7.1 to 7.2 and then csup(ed) to 8.0. If you csup, you update only /usr/src (or /usr/ports). Have you actually updated the system and the ports as well? > FBSD should make it simpler than this. It should. But what can we do if Adobe doesn't even acknowledge our existence and refuses to provide a FreeBSD version of their Flash player? > Some Linux distros, flash plug-ins are installed in default configuration. > But I shall not go back to Linux, anyway. :-) Sure, Linux has a bigger market share, so they get enough love from Adobe... though I understand that Flash support for Linux/x86-64 isn't all that good either (?). > Actually, I only want to study Unix console, C language and some administrations. > In GUI world, I only want to point and click. As said, if all else breaks, try running OpenSolaris (or a Linux distro) as a guest OS inside VirtualBox. This way, you have the best of both worlds. > Thanks, > Pongthep -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/