Flash instructions updated

[Lawrence E. Graves]

On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 16:34 -0400, David wrote:
> On 5/22/2009 3:05 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 14:05 -0400, David wrote:
> > 
> >> Just keep repeating to yourself, "Linux is an OS...  Linux is not a
> >> cause...   Linux is an OS...   Linux is not a cause..."
> >>
> >> :-)
> > 
> > Linux isn't an OS, it's a kernel. Fedora is an OS (and a project which
> > creates an OS), and Fedora certainly has a cause element to it. Note
> > that the first of Fedora's four pillars is Freedom. :) The Fedora
> > project is not a project to create the best-working operating system at
> > a given moment in time with no regard to the freedom of the code it
> > contains, so in this respect, your position does not match that of the
> > Fedora project in general.
> 
> 
> Just how often have you heard someone answer, when asked, 'what OS do
> you use?' Something other than 'Linux'? Seldom is the name of the
> distribution used.
> 
> And that was not my point anyway. One person here needs a working Flash
> for his work so he uses Flash from Adobe. And another person was calling
> him, sort of, a 'traitor to the free software cause' because he was not
> using the somewhat broken gnash. He did not call it by name. I can think
> of several places the gnash does not work.
> 
> This is all baloney. Use the tool that will do what you need to do. A
> computer is a machine, a toll. Not an altar. Bread on the table beats
> hungry every time. IMO.
> -- 
> 
> 
>   David
> 
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Martin Luther King called it majoring in the minors.  I thought this was
about dealing with the cure and not with the problem. 
Lawrence E. Graves <lgraves at risingstarmbc.com>