Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 23rd Oct 2008 14:19 UTC
Netbooks use various types of processors, but most of them are built around Intel's Atom processor and architecture. There are more exotic options, such as the Chinese Longsoon processor, but those are quite rare and hard to come by - and certainly not as powerful. Apparently, another contender is preparing to enter the netbook processor market. Say hello to ARM.
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RE[3]: Then start investing in Gnash or SWFdec
by lemur2 on Fri 24th Oct 2008 06:34
in reply to "RE[2]: Then start investing in Gnash or SWFdec"
Member since:2007-02-17
"Are you defining good web experience by it's ability to surf youtube?
Looks that way, but you gotta admit, in most (dumb) computer users' minds, there's some truth to that. People seem to get hooked on YouTube for whatever reason and can't seem to go without it, or they'll have a fit. Personally, I wish YouTube would get rid of all the damn Flash and all that fancy crap and give us an old-fashioned link to a proper video file (ahhh... the good 'ol days...), but that'll never happen. At least give us an option, but they want to make it as complicated as possible to "save" one of their videos and be able to watch it off of their site.
IMO, Flash sucks (bigtime), but it's mostly required to appease all the brainwashed people out there who have had it forced upon them by sites requiring it and their computer's OEMs preinstalling it to the sight of dollar signs. And YouTube took its popularity and turned it into something that's here to stay. It's like Intel and Microsoft... Flash and YouTube... they've both reached mass popularity, and they both depend on each other (for the most part), and they will both continue to fuel each other. "
Linux can play flash video, on any architecture you please.
Use either Gnash or SWFdec.
I'm not sure if it works as a plugin currently with firefox ... I have had it working before, but last time I tried it didn't work.
Member since:
2006-12-05
Looks that way, but you gotta admit, in most (dumb) computer users' minds, there's some truth to that. People seem to get hooked on YouTube for whatever reason and can't seem to go without it, or they'll have a fit. Personally, I wish YouTube would get rid of all the damn Flash and all that fancy crap and give us an old-fashioned link to a proper video file (ahhh... the good 'ol days...), but that'll never happen. At least give us an option, but they want to make it as complicated as possible to "save" one of their videos and be able to watch it off of their site.
IMO, Flash sucks (bigtime), but it's mostly required to appease all the brainwashed people out there who have had it forced upon them by sites requiring it and their computer's OEMs preinstalling it to the sight of dollar signs. And YouTube took its popularity and turned it into something that's here to stay. It's like Intel and Microsoft... Flash and YouTube... they've both reached mass popularity, and they both depend on each other (for the most part), and they will both continue to fuel each other.
Edited 2008-10-23 20:02 UTC