From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 12 13:06:27 2008 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 AFD7316A417 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9402D13C4EA for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY143-W23 ([65.55.154.58]) by bay0-omc1-s20.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:06:27 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [202.172.126.254] From: Da Rock To: Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:26 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20080212071631.64c5ad4a@scorpio> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05924.5000405@cs.okstate.edu> <5422555c0802120311nc7cdccar6bacce0314cff18a@mail.gmail.com> <20080212071631.64c5ad4a@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Feb 2008 13:06:27.0309 (UTC) FILETIME=[13A431D0:01C86D78] Subject: RE: what happened to linuxflashplugin? 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, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:27 -0000 ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:16:31 -0500 > From: gerard@seibercom.net > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? >=20 > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:55:45 +0000 > Da Rock wrote: >=20 >> Hah! Good luck... I never got it work either, There are wrappers all >> other barriers to stop you. And even then it may only work >> intermittently. Correct me if I'm wrong guys >=20 > I hear you. I have used both Firefox and Opera and have never gotten > flash to work as easily and consistently as it does under Windows. When > the added burden of having to use wrappers, etc, it is just not worth > the hassle. I have seen references to system linking files to make > flash work; however, I have better things to do than invest huge > amounts of time attempting to get something to work when it is already > technologically possible to do so without all that individual > intervention. >=20 > It does seem rather ironic that we claim that FreeBSD is a superior OS > to Microsoft's Windows; however, we are unable to get even a common web > add-on like flash to work reliably, consistently. Finger pointing does > not alleviate the situation. >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Gerard > gerard@seibercom.net >=20 > Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to > realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. >=20 > Ronald Reagan >=20 I would suggest that since adobe have specifically stated that is not licen= sed to run on bsd then there could be code to actively sabotage its running= . Microsoft have done the same with ASP - can't run ASP and PHP on IIS toge= ther and ASP is not meant to run anywhere else (I know apache has something= , but a lot of direct support has been outlawed it seems) so there is activ= e warfare on OSS. _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%= 2Eau%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810&_t=3D766724125&_r=3DHotmail_Email= _Tagline_MyCareer_Oct07&_m=3DEXT=