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Distro with Flash

Discussion in 'Linux - General discussion' started by Ruddy, Nov 12, 2009.

  1. Ruddy

    Ruddy Member

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    I am currently just running Linux as a live cd, have tried a few but non come with Flash installed. I can download flash, but because I am running off the cd, flash is gone the next time I reboot. I have tried Knopixx, Ubuntu, mandriva and debian. Are there any ones that come with flash already installed?
     
  2. Gneiss1

    Gneiss1 Regular member

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    .. maybe one.

    Compare versions 0.93 with 0.94 of the following Live distribution.

    Code:
    Berry Linux 0.94
    	from Sun Dec 7 2008 to Mon Dec 29 2008
    	Based on Fedora 10
    
    	Kernel 2.6.27.10 SMP + ndev/udev + bootsplash
    	glibc 2.9
    	gcc 4.3.2
    
    	KDE 4.1.3 (Fedora 10/Stable)
    	AIGLX/X.Org 7.4
    	Digikam 0.10.0
    	Flash Player 10.0.12.36
    	Firefox 3.0.5 (Japanese and English)
    	Inkscape 0.46
    	Samba 3.2.5
    	Wine 1.1.9
    
    Berry Linux 0.93
    	from Mon Oct 13 2008 to Tue Nov 25 2008
    	Kernel 2.6.27.7 SMP + ndev/udev + bootsplash
    	> aufs-20080814 or unionfs 2.5
    	> fuse 2.7.4 + sshfs + ntfs-3g
    	> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia 96.43.09
    
    	KDE 4.1.2 (Fedora 9/Stable)
    	OpenOffice 3.0 (Japanese and English)
    	GIMP Version 2.6.3 (Gnu Image Manipulation Program)
    	Firefox 3.0.4 (Japanese and English)
    	Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Japanese and English)
    	Samba 3.2.4
    	Wine 1.1.5
    
    	IPA Fonts 00103
    There it is (or it claims): Berry Linux, the 'most beautiful Linux in the World'. The only thing slighly troubling is KDE 4, which may use GTK+ now.

    AIGLX supercharges X.org, with 3D OpenGL-like commands; so both KDE 3 (over Qt) and GNOME (over GTK2+) should fly. However, Adobe claims FlashPlayer 10 on Linux requires GTK2+. 'Berry Linux' has the ALSA audio required.

    http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/index.html

    But, on my Mac, each new Flash version required a month of bug fixes to run, so: who are you going to believe?--big, bad Adobe; or the little Japanese company with a kitten on its screen?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Linux
    http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05269

    Shockwave won't play on Linux yet (which means to me that no one can eavesdrop on my conversations, with my cat). FlashPlayer first provided an .rpm package (of course). Flash 10, however, comes in both .tar.gz and, yes, .deb.

    However, all other Live distributions require you to custom build, to your liking, your own CD or DVD on your hard drive: then burn it to optical disc. This requires varying amounts of torture.

    However, the berry-0.94.iso, weighing in at 542MB, pops right onto a CD. And face it, can a company with a kitten on its screen be dishonest? (If the answer is 'Yes!', remember that Red Hat & SUSE were the Linuxes Flash was built for: CentOS, Fedora, and OpenSUSE let you build your own Live .rpm distributions.
     
  3. scum101

    scum101 Guest

    why doesn't it come on any of the live cd's?.. simple really.. software patents.

    say NO to software patents.. it's that simple.
     
  4. loood

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    i shall say this only once... flash sucks.
     
  5. Ruddy

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    But its the only way to watch things like youtube.
     
  6. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    Puppy Linux has Flash working 'out of the box' ie it just works.

    Ruddy - please remove the link from your signature, you can however advertise it in your shoutbox profile.
     
  7. Gneiss1

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    Yes. But not having it on a child's computer is worse.

    If one uses FireFox, there are some extensions that help protect people from misuse (or use) of their huge, permanent cookies (LSOs), and letting people turn on your microphone & camera as you unconsciously 'clear click' anywhere on the window.

    Some fixes to Adobe's security flaws

    The extension 'Privacy Plus' removes LSOs when you close your browser, but I use 'BetterPrivacy', because it manages LSOs & does more: blocks the misuse (use) of 'DOM Storage' and 'click-pinging', recording what links you've clicked. Unfortunately, stopping 'clear clicking' seems to require 'NoScript', though one can choose to let JavaScript run (which I don't: webpages look nice in HTML).

    While I'm on this

    When using a laptop away from a LAN with NIDS, I use 'Ghostery' to remove web-bugs. Though I turn off opening hyperlinks in letters, I have to use 'WOT' & Finjan to avoid 'unfastidious' sites. My gratitude to Creaky.

    Didn't know that about Puppy Linux; but does it have a kitten on its desktop?
     
  8. scum101

    scum101 Guest

    I forgot about puppy.. strewth.. and me the original spammer of it too *slaps hand*
     

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