Flash not displayed in Firefox (uses gnash)

[Rahul Sundaram]

David Orman wrote:
> As an interested new Fedora user, who would like to avoid proprietary 
> software - is Gnash the way I should be looking? I've heard of another 
> project, swfdec, but never been told which option is better 
> supported/has more developer activity/tends to work best.
> 
> Flash usage for me is fairly limited, I only use flash for last.fm 
> <http://last.fm>, youtube, and menus on websites. Unfortunately, it is a 
> necessary evil due to my employment.
> 
> I've been attempting to go the Adobe route (due to seemingly not having 
> an option) - but this is a pain on 64-bit Linux. Any input would be very 
> much appreciated!

For similar uses, I have been using swfdec in rawhide recently and it 
works very well. I am not a heavy users and I avoid flash as much as 
possible so this experience is certainly not authoritative but you 
should definitely give it a try

# yum install swfdec-mozilla swfdec

Gnash does work with Youtube but not as successful for me in other 
websites. In either case, I do recommend file bug reports just in case, 
swfdec doesn't work for you. The developer is quite responsive.

Rahul