Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Jim Cornette]

Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:
>>
...
>> Anyway, I'm ashamed to inform a kid that Windows can go to this site 
>> but Linux cannot. Hopefully a genuine Flash 9 version hits Linux soon. 
>> I don't want the kids corrupted into using windows.
>>
>> Jim
>>
> I agree that windows is corruption, but if a website is something that 
> you CAN'T live without, just use wine to install firefox and flash 9. It 
> works Just as good as under linux. I seem to recall having some ugly 
> fonts to start with, so just play around with the firefox preferences 
> (specifically tools>options>content>advanced) and use the Arial font 
> instead of Times New Roman. If you REALLY want to fool somebody, you can 
> install a firefox theme (noia and phoenity are my favorites) and put a 
> simple bash script in you $HOME/bin (or anywhere else, just make sure 
> that it is the FIRST entry in the $PATH variable) that looks like this:
> #!/bin/bash
> wine $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ 
> Firefox/firefox.exe $@
> 
> Now the firefox in the Kmenu (or the applications menu in GNOME) will 
> run the wine firefox instead of the native one. Test it with something 
> like 'firefox kde.org' to see if it works. Now nobody can tell the 
> difference. I don't know if wine does sound without using winecfg first, 
> so you might have to do that, too. For things like embedded video, just 
> use a native linux browser because WMP and Quicktime don't do great 
> under wine (and I never tried it with wine firefox either ;-)
> Hope you find some of this useful!
> -Steven
> 


Thanks for the tip. I have this really old windows version mahjong's 
game which the wife, daughter and granddaughter like to play. It runs 
fine in wine but does not create a desktop icon. Your suggestions will 
help with getting this game to show an ICON for their ease of usage.

Regarding Disney, I would not want to emulate a program that is 
available for Linux just to run Flash 9. There should already be a Linux 
version of Flash 9 available. I might try it for the visual effect or 
for the TNT and "The Closer" website goodies.

Thanks,
Jim


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