Oh, I didn't knew about Gnash. Thanks xD Anyway, I'd rather keep away from FLASH since its mostly a thing of the past... even those games seems "old" in comparison to what google play stores has to offer (I'd rather install a virtual machine with android x86 or remix OS if I were to lend the laptop to a child).
I'm trying to do OSS only too. I'm curious... What about email? If we drop GMail, what platform could be the better replacement? On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Jim Garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel compelled to give some recognition to Gnash developers for > developing a Free substitute for something that no one seems to like, yet > remains important for living in today's world. > > I'm not (yet) running a fully Free system, as I'm using a distro that > supports Adobe Flash download and install. I've signed up for a > EOMA68-based laptop (https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop) > which won't run Flash, regardless of operating system, because Adobe won't > provide it for this architecture (without an expensive contract). And I've > been encouraging others to sign up too, but I wanted to be able to advise > people on what a Flash-free life would entail. So I uninstalled the Flash > browser plugin and installed the Gnash plugin. > > Now, how to test Gnash? What are the must-have websites that use Flash? > YouTube is critical, but no longer requires Flash. But if you have young > children and you live in the U.S., pbskids.org has lots of Flash-based > games, and it would be a hard sell to parents of small children that they > can't use this web site. > > My own kids have outgrown these games, but I dutifully signed on to a > randomly-selected one, "Kart Kingdom". There I was, watching an animated > go-cart and thinking, "I don't really want to be here, but I need to just > test it out so I can tell people with kids that an EOMA68 system will work > for them." Then it occurred to me, "As much as people complain about > Flash, I bet some Gnash developers don't really want to be developing Flash > either, but they're doing it because it's critical to enable people to use > Free software. Also, it's not an easy thing to do." > > So three cheers for Gnash developers, for doing tough, thankless work! > > For the record, "Kart Kingdom" played the same with Flash and with Gnash. > Also, after almost a week, I really haven't noticed the lack of Flash. And > of course I no longer get Flash updates. I wish I had done this earlier. > > Jim Garrett > >
