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[LUG] Shockwave - was Re: LXF Replacement disc

 

Paul Sutton wrote:

> Why do you need wine to fun flash,  when there are flash players for Linux?
> 

There's Flash and then there's Shockwave Flash.

Shockwave is a slightly different beast which Adobe/Macromedia didn't 
release for Linux, only Windows/Mac.

Most sites which use Flash use your common garden variety of flash 
(hence you can usually use the non-free Flash plugin or Gnash etc) but 
Shockwave isn't supported and is used occasionally, mainly for games and 
things.

Habbo Hotel does work on Firefox under Wine by the way.  You'd probably 
need to install the msttcorefonts package otherwise the fonts look a bit 
rough.  Runs a bit slow but it works.

Rob

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