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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:57:36 +0700
From:      Pongthep Kulkrisada <ptkrisada@gmail.com>
To:        "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Flash viewer for FBSD
Message-ID:  <20100306065736.GA2237@gmail.com>
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* C. P. Ghost (cpghost@cordula.ws) wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada <ptkrisada@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
> > % uname -a
> > FreeBSD bsdhost.localdomain 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Dec =
=A01 19:12:37 ICT 2009 =A0 =A0 root@bsdhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sy=
s/GENERIC =A0i386
>=20
> So your system is approx. 4 months old, despite you cvsup-ping?
I don't know what do you mean.
Normally, FBSD issues new STABLE RELEASE once a year (approx).
Whenever new release or new branch is available,
I shall do either wget iso images, or cvsup/csup and buildworld.
The time between RELEASEs, there are patches.
But FBSD teams stated that those patches are not well tested comparing to R=
ELEASE.
So I do not update the system until new STABLE RELEASE is available again.

> That's understandable. I boot FreeBSD/amd64 almost exclusively too. Only
> when I absolutely need Flash (and I very seldom do), I fire up VirtualBox=
 on
> FreeBSD with a little OpenSolaris installation. Since this OpenSolaris
> guest lives in a single VirtualBox disk image, it doesn't clutter up my
> FreeBSD system, contrary to the whole Linux compat shims and RPMs
> needed to run the linux flash plugin.
I did not install VirtualBox like VM Ware. I only use dual boot FBSD and Wi=
ndows.
I think many times to install VM Ware. But I am too lazy to do it. ;-p

1. In my opinion UFS2 is much more superior than NTFS.
   I'm not quite sure if UFS2 can reside in NTFS very well.
   (in case Windows is a host OS, and FBSD is a guest OS.)
2. My friend also suggests me that host OS can share device drivers to gues=
t OS.
   I'm not sure, anybody can confirm this? if so, we can install FBSD on an=
y laptops
   and use shared drivers from host OS (Windows or OS-X).

Normally I only use console. My life with FBSD is not so colorful
(excepted syntax highlighting in vim editor).
I also have KDE installed. But I don't use it as much as console.
Whenever I need flash (not often). I use my other computer (I have 2 comput=
ers)
or reboot Windows.

Cheers,
Pongthep



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