Re: [tlug] flash player 8

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Oh the joys of proprietary software! 

Shawn wrote:

> Just curious if anyone knows a way to get flash player 8 on linux.

I don't know, but would try Wine, qemu, vmware, ...

   http://osflash.org/pipermail/osflash_osflash.org/2006-February/007190.html

Google is your friend: 

   http://www.google.com/search?q=wine+flash+linux

> a friend is expecting me to watch the Miss Universe Japan competition,
> tonight from 7:00 pm, www.missuniversejapan.com and that site requires
> flash 8.

Internet Cafe / PC room

You could also try using the present version 7 for Linux 

   http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

on the chance that the fine technical folks at 
www.missuniversejapan.com are specifying more than is 
needed. 

You might catch it on video.google.com later.