I believe it is not beneficial for people to say "if you want to use non-free
software, you're not welcome in Trisquel", by way of immediately recommending
to try another distro.
The best approach here would be to suggest help to the user to solve their
problem using free software (and it became clear that's what they were asking
for after all, in this case.) If that doesn't satisfy them, then it's time to
point out that the community isn't in the businuess of helping people install
proprietary, potentially defective software on Trisquel. People can figure
out for themselves if they want to try another distro.
Big arguments between members of the community can drive away users with
honest questions.
I for one am interested in these flash alternatives I've never heard of.
Where could someone find more info about Lightspark and FlashDownloader
