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Not Flash, Shockwave. It's too separate applications, both from Macromedia/Adobe. Shockwave wasn't ported to Linux however (it's considered an obsolete technology by Macromedia/Adobe). Regards, Ross Bearman On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ross Bearman wrote: >> As far as I remember, WINE supports shockwave, but you may have to use >> a browser running in WINE to access it. >> Regards, Ross Bearman >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Adam Latham wrote: >>> >>>> No, I had AVG 8 running on the Windoze machine. However, clever >>>> children like to play on MSN messenger and despite the '..for gods sake, >>>> scan stuff before you open it.' pleas, I'm just the old dude who knows >>>> nothing! >>>> >>>> >>> LOL I've had something similar from my step daughter who's 14. >>> >>> >>>> The move completely from Linux is down to daughters fixation with Habbo >>>> (Shockwave Flash Thingy) and very old habits that are hard to eradicate >>>> started at school which are... >>>> >>>> Windoze is your master... if it ain't Windoze it ain't no good! >>>> >>> Ahh yeah, from what I understand there isn't a Shockwave plugin for >>> Linux. Hmmm, does Wine support Shockwave? >>> >>> >>> >>>> We will win in the end, and That silly new windoze OS is certainly >>>> helping! My Kids hate it! >>>> >>> Is that Vista? >>> >>> >>>> The big problem is I don't use the windows box, but seem to spend half >>>> my time fixing the darned thing... when .dll's attack (or get updated by >>>> M$ and blow up your OS) >>>> >>>> Ho, hum! Keep up the great work M$! >>>> >>>> >>> If it was me I'd install Windows on VMWare, install everything the kids >>> want and then copy the disk image. If it screws up, simply copy the >>> files back over. >>> >>> I've done a quick Google search and it seems that Habbo Hotel works on >>> Ubuntu via Firefox on Wine. Not tried it myself but I'm going to have a >>> play now. >>> >>> May be a good solution. >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> -- >>> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >>> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html >>> >>> >> >> > Why do you need wine to fun flash, when there are flash players for Linux? > > -- > > Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format > Software Freedom day 21st September 2008 > Paignton rugby club sponsorship and advertising opportunities, please visit > http://www.paigntonrugby.net and click sponsorship. > > DCLUG > visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version 3.1 > GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- > O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- > DI! D++ G e H! r! z? > > -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html