Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:32:26 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? Message-ID: <53F0D91A.6070608@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20140817150601.fbb663e7.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0A6DB.7000106@hiwaay.net> <20140817150601.fbb663e7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 08/17/14 08:06, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:58:03 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> OK, to install that port, all I should have to do is cd to >> /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper/ & type in 'make insatll', right ? >> Remember, new to FreeBSD :-) .... > Yes, but that's only a part of the process. If I remember correctly, > this also involves installing the Linux "Flash" (because there is > no "Flash" plugin for FreeBSD) in combination with the Linux support > subsystem. This dependency will be installed automatically, but it > may take some time. > > As root, run > > # ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ > > After installation, execute from your user's account: > > % nspluginwrapper -a -v -i > > Again, it's worth mentioning that following the steps in 7.2.1.2. > should bring you the full functionality. Firefox has always been > my "Flash"-free browser, whereas I use "Flash" with Opera, which > works perfectly good and is also described in the Handbook. > > To repeat the relevant source: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/desktop-browsers.html > > I'd like to mention that "Flash" support on FreeBSD isn't worse > than on any other platform I've tried it, even if a native plugin > is supplied. But for keeping up with the latest week's fashions > of HTML5, Javascript frameworks, CSS tricks and so on, make sure > to use a current browser. Firefox is the best solution currently > available, but Chromium is also acceptable. The "web experience" > on FreeBSD isn't inferior to other platforms. > > I used to use/like Opera some years ago (on a 933 MHz P3, to date things), but it had a period when it was quite unstable, basically unusable, so I dumped it .... I would be perfectly willing to look at it again, you recommend ? -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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