Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:24:27 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Fleming <mdf356@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Best way to switch from Linux to BSD Message-ID: <4D9223DB.7010701@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimrkgLEMtZryebyEjVeXM-Pvs=_%2BG6qO%2BRJjQLS@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110329013223.ddca7453.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> <BBACD46824C753B5B2F3BD83@utd71538.local> <1301419646.71335.123.camel@xenon> <AANLkTimrkgLEMtZryebyEjVeXM-Pvs=_%2BG6qO%2BRJjQLS@mail.gmail.com>
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on 29/03/2011 20:51 Matthew Fleming said the following: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 11:43 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> Desktop support is lacking when compared to the other major OSes >>> (Windows, Mac and Linux). >> >> Here too. How is "desktop support" on FreeBSD lacking? > > I realize a desktop means many things to many people, but the biggest > thing holding me back from using FreeBSD on a desktop is flash > support. I spent a little time trying to follow online instructions > and I didn't get anything working. Strange. I followed some instructions that I googled up and it was like "install these two ports and run that command" and everything worked. And still does :) (I think that it was www/linux-f10-flashplugin10, www/nspluginwrapper and running nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so as a user for which I enabled the plugin). -- Andriy Gapon
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