From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 19:11:24 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 5EEB510656D3 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:11:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry.olyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175878FC15 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:11:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxn35 with SMTP id 35so272352yxn.13 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:11:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=GgnSIbGXCJD6gWkN+UZJSgd+gA7Kwp47nhD7hoPeATc=; b=KoNuYDT69SwUgDTS/gZ8tBIzLgjFx9j+JUmMdDVOfvFzXop9URDgwhfa2zvmrxhHfR ASCKUdqP0H14r5Qf5IyyX+VFfB2GYXBCh+lnDTHSRPCeBv+sgdDD4bLAYon/GgDVGkF5 4x1C8uXejukzd3K8psVltpv+sl4TQ5ZN/rVnM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gunAkqakLCIyafUUATF4+/3vCy4v+rQWjxJSDi86eFobDVZCj8iUPVHNbgku3mGFX6 v4/8aVNH3mNgftPeurfkZyyPmw7Mo6nv9mexxYmrXnXpMMaIsEGtWRBystVU4V049T7D RtrbJ5MsZa+FjlF2zvd3G+K8vv8FSMQgVn+Vo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.14.143 with SMTP id g15mr4295231qca.208.1283971207677; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.239.136 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100908165511.GA64401@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <201009080945.48847.david@vizion2000.net> <20100908165511.GA64401@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:40:07 -0400 Message-ID: From: Henry Olyer To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: David Southwell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser choices & flash 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: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:11:24 -0000 I'm about to put up 8.1. And would like (I know I'm dreaming,) to get this right, first time. Many times I've had to scrap an installation and restart from scratch because I didn't do things right. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 09:45:48AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > > Hi > > One of our freebsd systems is a user terminal with desktop. We have > constant > > difficulties with web browsing on that platform. Here is the data > > > > 1. INFO: > > System: > > freebsd 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - GENERIC amd64 > > Desktop: > > kde4.5.1 > > Current installed web browser stuff: > > konqueror 4.5.1 > > epiphany-2.30.2_1 > > firefox-3.5.11,1 > > flashplugin-mozilla-0.4.13_5 A GPL standalone Flash (TM) plugin for > Mozilla > > This plugin is now five years old, and doesn't seem to be in active > development anymore. > > > 3. ADVICE PLEASE > > Most reliable browser combination and recomendations of specific port > > combinations which can deliver reliable browsing including flash > capability. > > No open source flash player works on all sites, as far as I know. > > If you don't mind non-free software and all the extra linux compat stuff > that > it needs, try the linux version of the Adobe flash plugin; > www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 > > Try graphics/gnash instead if you want native software. Mind that there > is a problem with the 0.8.7 version of gnash and youtube. This is fixed in > 0.8.8 but that hasn't made it into ports yet. Gnash sometimes crashes, but > this doesn't usualy affect firefox. > > Roland > -- > 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) >