[ale] Linux + Flash + Old laptop + kids

[ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

And which version of Flash are you using?  It's at version 8 for Windows,
but only version 7 (7.0r61, actually) for Linux.  These assume that
you're using Firefox 1.5.

The point being that some Flash files actually depend upon version 8 to
work properly.  Barring that, I'd say that the Linux porters didn't
implement everything properly.  And you say simpler Flash works on other
sites ... ?

On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:21:26AM -0500, Robert Story wrote:
> My mom has given me and old laptop (K6-550 MHz, 64MB ram) and asked me to turn
> it into something the grandkids can use to surf/play games. I've found
> DamnSmallLinux to deal with the low memory size, but the problem I now have is
> that Firefox + Flash doesn't work right on the primary site the kids use:
> pbskids.org. The Teletubbies and Sesame Street portions have flash games, and
> while the page detects the flash plugin and puts up a white box (where a right
> click reveals the flash plugin menu), the flash game/movie doesn't
> actually load. Thinking it might be the distro, I tried the site on my FC4
> box, with the same results.
> 
> Anyone using Linux for a kid system have pbskids.org working successfully? Any
> other suggestions?