[Cialug] firefox 2.0

[David Champion]

Nathan Stien wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
>> I'm having that problem too, and I too feel my problem is flash related.
>> Some of my coworkers disable javascript, flash and all plugins and
>> extensions because (in their opinion) those technologies are primarily
>> for advertisements. They say they never have stability problems or
>> crashes.
> 
> What version of Flash is everyone running?  Last november, they
> released a new version (9.0) for x86 Linux.
> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash 
> 
> 
> Dunno if it's better or worse.
> 
> On a related note, I would be curious to know if anyone has tried
> Gnash (http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/), which is some kind of free
> software Flash clone.  I have no idea how good it is.

I tried a free flash replacement (not sure what version) about a month 
ago and didn't have much luck with it. Pages would load, didn't get the 
"missing plugin" thing, but flash content didn't play.

So, I installed the adobe version.

-dc