From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 13:46:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B90E316A46E for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:46:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7698A13C45D for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:46:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A291519CC for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:46:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:45:58 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070703144558.36f87262@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070703081111.B306.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> References: <54357.74.64.6.149.1183317914.squirrel@mail.el.net> <3507.24.1.37.132.1183435028.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <20070703081111.B306.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 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: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:46:03 -0000 On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:21:38 -0400 Gerard wrote: > On July 02, 2007 at 11:57PM Richard Lynch wrote: > > > ... > > And there isn't any content I've felt deprived to not get. > > > > Obviously, folks who spend their free time (or work-time :-)) > > watching youtube would feel differently, but... > > Personally, I disagree. Many sites that I use, including business > sites, require the use of Flash. Your statement that Flash is only > relevant for those who view 'YouTube' is grossly incorrect. It is due > to the numerous problems of getting Flash to work correctly under > FreeBSD, regardless of which browser the end user is employing, that > I keep a Windows machine so as to facilitate the viewing of Flash > content. > > IMHO, this is one of the reasons that more users do not use > alternative operating systems like FBSD. ... Can anyone comment on how well Flash9 works in a real Linux distribution? In particular does it have the problem where the flash item turns into a blank box after a few seconds. If that problem exists in Linux there's a decent chance it will get fixed by Adobe.