Comments from a new user: what is Distrowatch complaining about?

[gilpel at altern.org]

> 2009/6/30  <gilpel at altern.org>:
>> I couldn't install Abobe Flash as suggested by Fedorafaqs. Adobe's
>> instructions are much simpler and work very well:
>>
>> Download the x86_64 package, un gzip it on the desktop, copy to:
>>
>> /home/my_user_name/.mozilla/plugins
>>
>> Restart Firefox, go to YouTube :)
>
> The instructions on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash are pretty
> complete,

The instructions for x86_64 are exactly the same as on Adobe's site:

 64-bit alpha

Adobe also has a pre-release version of a 64-bit plugin. Until this is
supported via yum, you will need to do the following:

   1. Download the .tar.gz version from Adobe here.
   2. Use "gtar -xzvf" to extract libflashplayer.so and put it in either
in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ or ~/.mozilla/plugins/.
   3. Restart Firefox.

This is what I did.

> and when Adobe release updates you'll get a notification
> from PackageKit rather than having to go and find it later.

Not yet for 64-bit.

>> P.s.: I'll have a few questions about installing NVIDIA drivers --
>> rpmfusion vs NVIDIA's own install program -- and watching evil WMV... on
>> state tv* -- God damn this rotten bunch of morons! -- in my next
>> message.
>
> If you install the rpmfusion repos then it may be that the codecs will
> be automatically downloaded when required - at least, that's what
> happened when I tried to watch a WMV stream.
>
> Also, the rpmfusion repo makes it very easy to stay updated with the
> nvidia kernel modules.  Look for the akmod package.  This will
> automatically build the correct kernel modules for your nvidia card
> when you boot up.

Yes, I now undertsand this is the way to do it.