From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 16:15:38 2008 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 F377F106564A for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59718FC13 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2GGFZCg020731; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:15:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F253BB832; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:15:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:15:34 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: LtCdData Message-ID: <20080316161534.GB25231@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: LtCdData , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <77647f500803151709y2dbe8f65jb02fb8d73b2f407d@mail.gmail.com> <200803161455.20738.ltcddata@davids-website.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QKdGvSO+nmPlgiQ/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200803161455.20738.ltcddata@davids-website.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7? 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: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:15:38 -0000 --QKdGvSO+nmPlgiQ/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 02:55:20PM +0000, LtCdData wrote: >=20 > So what's the deal with Flash? Occasionally, I will get a link on > YouTube/Google Video that looks interesting, but for the most part, > I've ignored them. Over the years, I have occasionally tried the > mozilla flash plugin, but that has always crashed my browser within > the first 10 minutes of use. >=20 > So for those of you using FreeBSD 7, what is the current state of > Flash? Can it be used regularly? Is it ready for the BSD desktop? > Caveats? Comments? Advice? For youtube, you can use the www/youtube-dl port to download them, and mplayer to play them. Alternatively, you can use the DownloadHelper add-on to download videos =66rom several sites. =20 > I see flash popping on this list over and over, and as yet I have not see= n a=20 > solution that fully works. Yes I tried the wrappers, gnash etc. on native= =20 > firefox and opera with limited success, however as others have also noted= =20 > flash is now required, and as for myself, fully working flash 9 is > also. I for one am very glad to _not_ see all the annoying flash-based ads.=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --QKdGvSO+nmPlgiQ/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfdR6YACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWm1gCdGCFi+XopdagLc7MOQqPSimGf HlwAn2e7ttY9D9pZefXQ+xBZf1eHv8+c =ni4o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QKdGvSO+nmPlgiQ/--