Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open source replacement for Adobe Flash

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Dobson
Dianne Reuby wrote: > My son's just started college, and one of the programs he'll be using is > Macromedia (Adobe) flash. Hi, I just started my second year of Applied ICT (I'm now at A2) and I have just found out we are going to be using Macromedia Director (Yes that's the shockwave creation too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open source replacement for Adobe Flash

2008-09-08 Thread DarkOtter
> You could also install XP inside Virtual Box, running inside Ubuntu - > saves having to mess about with partitions etc. I would second for virtualbox. I have a virtualbox virtual machine with TinyXP installed inside it which I use for running programs which won't run on linux, and I've never had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open source replacement for Adobe Flash

2008-09-08 Thread Kris Marsh
You may have some success running the real Adobe Flash under wine: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=23 You could also install XP inside Virtual Box, running inside Ubuntu - saves having to mess about with partitions etc. Cheers, Kris On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:29

[ubuntu-uk] Open source replacement for Adobe Flash

2008-09-08 Thread Dianne Reuby
My son's just started college, and one of the programs he'll be using is Macromedia (Adobe) flash. Neither of us want to waste disk space on putting XP back, so can anyone recommend an alternative for him to use at home? Ideally he'd like to be able to work on his files both at college and at home