Ask for FreeBSD support here! Let's join forces!

[Michael Vince]

Charles A. Landemaine wrote:

> Please add a comment in this blog thread to ask for Adobe Flash
> developper to support FreeBSD and not just Linux :)
>
> http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2006/08/across_the_distros_1.html
>
> I think he is the only developper working on a Flash Plugin for Unix.
> _______________________________________________


The truth is I have often believed that over a long enough time line 
FreeBSD would have better driver/program support for the hard things 
like high end video cards and flash players compared to Linux simply 
because it doesn't have the greed fueled license gremlins. Sadly this 
hasn't really eventuated.
You can often see the true nature of Linux when you do things like try 
to load a non GPL kernel module (such as the BSD IPFilter) and it errors 
and comes back with "You have tried to load a non GPL kernel module into 
the Linux kernel"

Well this is what I said even if its a bit over the top and I can't 
imagine everyone seeing it like I do.

To bad there isn't a FreeBSD port, unlike Linux GPL where binary 
programs like the Linux Flash player are purely a GPL violation where 
Linux has just chosen to turn a blind eye to, with FreeBSD its a single 
complete operating system that suffers no distro variation hell and 
encourages private binary programs such as a flash player because of its 
truly free no strings attached legal problem free license, BSD.
The truth is doing a flash player on Linux over BSD is absolute true 
madness.
Professional companies like Apple understand license issues far better 
and that’s why they are even happy to make the core of their operating 
system based from FreeBSD.