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Linux now an equal Flash player (Linux-Watch)

Posted Oct 17, 2008 11:33 UTC (Fri) by debacle (subscriber, #7114)
In reply to: Linux now an equal Flash player (Linux-Watch) by xach
Parent article: Linux now an equal Flash player (Linux-Watch)

Seriously, who uses non-free software these days?

Fortunately, swfdec 0.7.4 works for most Flash stuff and one shouldn't care for the rest.

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Everyone? Except may be RMS...

Posted Oct 17, 2008 21:31 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

BIOS is not free, firmware in HDD is not free, etc, etc. It's kinda hard to avoid non-free software novadays...

Everyone? Except may be RMS...

Posted Oct 18, 2008 12:46 UTC (Sat) by debacle (subscriber, #7114) [Link]

OK, let's put it differently: There is no need to use non-free software, that one can easily avoid, such as Adobe products or Skype etc. Free BIOS replacements exist, but only for certain hardware etc. so I never cared. For periphery firmware I do not care neither. Maybe I should?