[Foundation-l] Freedom, standards, and file formats

Brion Vibber brion at wikimedia.org
Thu Oct 2 22:09:26 UTC 2008


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Yann Forget wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Flash is not working for everybody.
> With Linux on AMD64, I can watch videos in nearly all non-free formats, 
> including AVI, MPEG, and Realplayer, but I still can't see any Flash.
> So it is a defintive NO for me.

Keep in mind that your Linux/AMD64 system can probably already play
Theora video, so would have no need to use a hypothetical backup Flash
player. (Unless it's got an old broken Totem plugin. :)

- -- brion
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