From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 27 15:55:37 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 F3A0B106566B for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=5445b21a1=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FD98FC1F for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,633,1249275600"; d="scan'208";a="19173644" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 27 Oct 2009 10:44:08 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1AEBE4EF49 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:07 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: flashplugin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:37 -0000 --On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 04:13:52 -0500 Jerry 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