From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 20:53:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528C910656D7; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCC1901C7; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:37:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9SIxMdB061262; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Mikhail Teterin Message-ID: <20081028185900.GA30053@thought.org> References: <925464.64030.qm@web30801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <86vdvcobbg.fsf@nowhere.org> <4907552B.1070504@aldan.algebra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4907552B.1070504@aldan.algebra.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: glyn@millingtons.org, nox@freebsd.org, =?iso-8859-15?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash-9, 10 on 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: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:28 -0000 On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:08:43PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Sent by Glyn Millington: > >My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far > >it works flawlessly for me. > > > This has two problems: > > 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy. > 2. The solution is only suitable for i386 -- not for amd64, which is > what I'm using. > > -mi > Not having the ``*required*'' flash-NN that makes the latest animation or A/V apps is the biggest gripe I have relating to not being able to use the most stable OS around, FBSD. Prev'ly when I've asked why sites can't simply use JAVA, I hear that Java is more difficult to use than flash. I understand the basic of animation; that about it. But isn't a better solution to get gnash up to speed rather than begging Adobe to port flash-9 or -10 for us? any thoughts on freeing ourselves from this addiction to flash-* ? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org