[Tfug] Distrob that's set up to use webcams with flash

[Dennis McCormick]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Ed Wilson <debed at debed.com> wrote:
> Question: is Fedora a free product?
>
> Ed
>
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> From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
> Linux Media
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:12 PM
> To: tfug at tfug.org
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Distrob that's set up to use webcams with flash
>
> Hey all...
>
> I just wanted to re-post this one more time in case someone else joined the
> list since I first posted it...
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> Can someone tell me a distrob that is set up so my webcam will work
>> with flash out of the box. I've been trying to alter my Fedora setup
>> with no prevail. I can install the distrob onto a spare drive and run
>> it when I want to use the various chat rooms that use flash. That's
>> all I'm looking for in this distrob... a quick solution that I can
>> boot into, use the webcam with flash, then boot back into my Fedora set
> up.
>>
>> Of course... if someone has gotten this to work with Fedora 14, that's
>> even better.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rocco
>
Fedora is free; Fedora 15 is supposed to be released May 24. However,
Fedora's regular repositories don't contain the binaries for Flash.
You might want to try the LinuxMint distro (Mint 11 may be out this
month too) or a new one called Pinguy which has many extras included
in its iso file.

Dennis McCormick