From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 8 20:18:51 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 5EC61106566C for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B698FC1C for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB8KIn7m042013; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:18:49 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id nB8KInww042010; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:18:49 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:18:49 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: ocean In-Reply-To: <4B1EA7F4.2070202@yahoo.it> Message-ID: References: <004801ca780e$6cca8f50$465fadf0$@net> <4B1E62EF.1040903@yahoo.it> <004901ca7815$5546f380$ffd4da80$@net> <6201873e0912080656h77899aa2s77b459d5369350be@mail.gmail.com> <004d01ca7817$cbda4220$638ec660$@net> <4B1EA7F4.2070202@yahoo.it> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:18:49 -0700 (MST) Cc: Charles Howse , '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 20:18:51 -0000 On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, ocean wrote: >>> 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 Please, not that horrible thread again. Just do what's in the Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html), and Flash 10 works fine with native Firefox on FreeBSD 8. > possibilities are firefox+flash for windows under wine which someone > says it works, It works well. And the Java plugin works too. The only problem I see with Windows Firefox on Wine is that it takes a double-click to close Firefox windows or tabs. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA