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Glen Barber writes:

>  >> Word processing won't be a problem, but internet 'toys' like Flash
>  >> will be a problem, unless you use some wine+firefox workaround.
>  >
>  > What -- nspluginwrapper doesn't work any longer?
>  
>  From personal experience, nspluginwrapper is a memory hog, and
>  only supports Flash 7 (last I used it).

	Flash 9 + nsplugginwrapper works on -CURRENT starting about a
month (I think) ago.  Whether the necessary changes will appear in
7.1 I do not know.


					Robert Huff