Re: Is FreeBSD ready for desktop (Mozilla Flash)

From: Michel Talon (talon_at_lpthe.jussieu.fr)
Date: 09/08/05 

Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:31:36 +0000 (UTC)

Conrad <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> But if FreeBSD is to provide desktop functionality, then
> some attempt must be made to recognize at a minimum, what
> should work on a desktop. When the most popular browser
> on the planet (barring M$ Internet Exploiter) can't be made
> to "just work" with the most popular plugins on the planet,
> then, in my modest opinion, something is really, really,
> wrong. And support doesn't just mean the desktop works -
> it means providing correct documentation. It means putting
> things in the right place. Should thing like libmap.conf
> really go in /etc ... or should it be in /usr/local/etc,
> or even, /usr/compat/linux/etc?
>

Sorry, guy, but on my machine Flash works under firefox, with
FreeBSD-5.4. I have hard time understanding why it doesn't for you.
Yes, it is slightly non trivial, you have to edit the shell script
/usr/X11R6/bin/firefox to preload the pluginwrapper.
If there is something problematic with FreeBSD it is Java, but certainly not
something as stupid and useless as Flash.

> In the meantime, I can develop, say wxPython applications -
> but I still can't hit a website with Flash content.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Conrad
>
> 

-- 
Michel TALON

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