From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 13:53:31 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 278621065670 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05258FC22 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so4586927fxm.13 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:53:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nIJizk4ycK+UQE9K3xqhyrjmJHGA+SuL0UW5YJB0E3Y=; b=evDTUWlh/hjVumFjWlErP3r77KyrdyJzxOuJv41Q8bXhg0ee1aXbgi1wZPhcdrjlTM Ajslzuv0tH1FsT1WLKGb+/dZBpDHmk7fuRgD/xZ+Oa+W7Fwo6iq3ZOcHYihWjLgYudGC PM0YlLBNsw+W7+s3TcVbX/guJjxZh6keSMkRw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=x+5uGaoYima0xccgtH44lx7fKw68LpYDwqSGcCSu06m+dPX7YfqATuKoIASyTWyuPK SJ5hql6Bxw8Nqs9k4EXYB2S9Nsvhy0e9958og1Q/XlGTyvLEnR7GurbYJ0kAbjA+UcAQ ZrjeFfPQpmxO13Vwb8nGDPvfy3YEoiaunA2mw= Received: by 10.87.74.17 with SMTP id b17mr563835fgl.59.1276696409088; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:53:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6sm13246155fga.3.2010.06.16.06.53.27 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:53:25 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100616145325.13162e0a@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20100615211740.GA50967@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100615154956.cfz6ip454w8gcco4@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <07A440BE-D29A-44CA-9F2D-16D1314A8B24@mac.com> <20100615161147.j4gokl7rk8sgwssw@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: concerning flash under freebsd 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, 16 Jun 2010 13:53:31 -0000 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:04:00 +0200 "C. P. Ghost" wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Programmer in Training > wrote: > > I will tell Adobe to provide a FreeBSD-native release, though it > > would be nice to know I won't be the only one. I'm actually going > > right now to do so. > > Good luck with that. Adobe doesn't care about FreeBSD. Never did, > and probably never will. They don't even care about 64-bit Linux > users... > > If you absolutely need Flash on FreeBSD, I'd suggest you install > VirtualBox, and inside VirtualBox a Flash-supported OS, like > OpenSolaris (that's what I do when I absolutely need Flash support). Windows Flash+Firefox under Wine works for me, I installed it when FreeBSD Flash was completely broken. I've never gone back because the inconvenience of occasionally having to switch browsers, is not as bad as having flash all the time.