From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 8 19:25:34 2009 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 673781065695 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:25:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ocean_ieee@yahoo.it) Received: from smtp114.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com (smtp114.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.102.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 785318FC1D for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 77908 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2009 19:25:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.it; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=PaoIyv+z7uQrj7vx+XmpTYqPHPUI3SHLjUcxJjFXIo9BcxJcVY7UkKmWi5zsC5y/zxGn693O43VwrUEm8YFjmf+35lld0EJY48qwsO/xOURipGMQaYaXU1I/uNdJdbZpjk0dbBP904T9zfQyH9/2SKDQ1xXEDDOdfzK8C2Jxr+g= ; Received: from 213-156-35-243.ip.fastwebnet.it (ocean_ieee@213.156.35.243 with plain) by smtp114.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 08 Dec 2009 11:25:32 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: SYX_4.SswBCj2Fjsw.Apnvidq06mcRQ- X-YMail-OSG: dXePEL4VM1kpuz4nNrWcQ8JcjrvGnyK5ckk9ql.QiENV5Zyr3KTl16Xx8EgpvavvTxF4uVzQRPyk2Q1LJCSYArQXR65jYRArJTCBf7.ZU7hmi8bVF.SpXCFo2UoBUD2qGjtrkC6nkJVv7sclfiMjBB3fATuLGAFbB72K_SVlSKNNB4AR6SnVRzOHsjifQQJC_5mhTvIjxRlu7eNa9PdY0EpGttVZvvzub49TuB0jFqazgNL9sarcTvjtrl2QrAGWUw1meeGTcBvXPaQyqCrr9RzbUFSuXv.Z.kUeMaSZc2a0MxrSS.z9XuyhYXUu7LbSx2_SL9ub_bLPT6Cg5pdHad0HLoNd6ACzcpj33r0sI2EiNh1B6TTkzISamyjpBunD7AtihTk3xZOtrEUx29nDlv00RCHVEmMeYdgmfcIDKsd6TZq3DV0znQNkOdV1x0J91rE9pZVozSozODwfJGWcWdYnbNKe0gA4MetfUXnLEdjA2QF5pDtrN.afYO1OQIoNf9xP9jtGehFqZp2spyOGNr5hIPjLim5rWJYv_WJfdOzKjSXE7sDNI74ACDi.9QvCuhx6K4PLlvQ30o2836UmeW31x_YAo0qDYowvx5S4szhIBUPhCkpglBtV6K8RWc_IhFDcAA-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <4B1EA7F4.2070202@yahoo.it> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:36 +0100 From: ocean User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091130) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Howse References: <004801ca780e$6cca8f50$465fadf0$@net> <4B1E62EF.1040903@yahoo.it> <004901ca7815$5546f380$ffd4da80$@net> <6201873e0912080656h77899aa2s77b459d5369350be@mail.gmail.com> <004d01ca7817$cbda4220$638ec660$@net> In-Reply-To: <004d01ca7817$cbda4220$638ec660$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 'FreeBSD-Questions' Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o 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: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:25:34 -0000 >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi ocean, thanks for the reply. >> Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash? >> Most of the >> games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based. if you install the right ports on a fbsd 8.0 maybe it could just works (it's being discussed in the freebsd forums: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=5786 gnash could also work but it's known to have some issues so i won't recommend it, possibilities are firefox+flash for windows under wine which someone says it works, or linux emulation and firefox+flash. for parental control there's also the opendns alternative that can block adult sites, though i don't know how good it works. you could also look at this (never tried it, don't know if/how it works): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1803 http://procon.mozdev.org/ also for the old computer i would recommend xfce or, since you say they only need a few programs, you could go with just Xorg + feh for the background + xfwm or openbox + a light taskbar and a nice dock-bar (wbar or simdock) were you will only put the applications they need to run. if there aren't specific problems with drivers and similar, an upgrade to a newer freebsd version could be advisable for flash :) regards ocean