Internet sites are more intuitive than the average layman believes. I use Linux exclusively and 90% of the sites know it and, if they have a download of a program, take me to the Linux download page without my having to ask.
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 10:42 -0400, Derek J. Balling wrote: > On Jul 29, 2010, at 10:32 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > It's worth noting that flash does NOT obey proxy settings in your > > browser. Most people fall foul of this when they try to use a generic > > proxy to stream video from another country. > > > > Wrapping the entire browser instance in a proxifier like tsocks or > > socksify ought to trap the connect() calls and force flash to use the > > proxy. > > I think it depends on your browser/etc. > > I haven't had a problem at all with my Mac using (Safari,Firefox,Chrome) to > access Beeb content in this fashion. > > I can't speak, obviously, to how the Linux flash plugins work, since I only > use Linux in a server environment, so maybe that's different.[1] > > Cheers, > D > > [1] See previous topic of discussion, "It Just Works" :-) > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Aug 4 - Samba > Sep 1 - BOINC > Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 Visit my Blog, Mark Wallace Following Christ, at > http://markwallacefollowingchrist.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
