Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:07 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flashplugin Message-ID: <7BC737846F940F8F5B4378C5@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20091027051352.417ce684@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <4AE3944A.4090602@videotron.ca> <20091025062322.GA985@sandcat> <4AE63986.6090106@videotron.ca> <20091027051352.417ce684@scorpio.seibercom.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 04:13:52 -0500 Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> wrote: > > That is precisely why I keep an XP box nearby. There is no way in hell > that I would want to personally, or expect a colleague for that matter, > to waste valuable time getting a simple plug-in to work; especially > since I can do it in a matter of seconds on a Microsoft product. > The problem is, it's not a simple plugin. It is on Windows. On FreeBSD it requires manipulation precisely because *there is no plugin* for FreeBSD. It's a Linux plugin being adapted to FreeBSD using linux emulation, which adds a layer of complexity that Windows doesn't have to deal with. Imagine trying to get a Mac executable to run on Windows, and maybe you can understand why flash has always been problematic on FreeBSD (although great progress has been made.) -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?7BC737846F940F8F5B4378C5>