Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:02:18 -0500 From: Colin Albert <colintrebla@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: watching WebEx session on FreeBSD Message-ID: <4B4C9D0A.5010308@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001120838200.87664@wonkity.com> References: <20100112105155.GA2980@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001120838200.87664@wonkity.com>
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On 01/12/10 10:48, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >> Has someone had luck with watching a WebEx session on FreeBSD based >> desktop? As far as I understand, it is somehow Flash and RDP based, i.e. >> some tools like Firefox with flash and a RDP client are required. >> I'm always forced to launch a VM with XP to watch such sessions and it >> would be good for me to overcome this situation. > > The Linux Webex client might work. > http://support.webex.com/support/system-requirements.html says it'll > run under Fedora 10, and linux_base-f10 works well. > > Failing that, there's Wine. Firefox and the Flash plugin run under > Wine. There are occasional graphic artifacts and Firefox windows want > a double-click on the close gadget to actually close, but otherwise it > works very well. Java also runs, although there it's not 100%. Maybe > enough for Webex. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA I have also tried WebEx in FreeBSD with similar results. I have not tried using f10, but I wonder if the WebEx Java component detects that it's running in diablo (or rather not a recognised Java engine). FWIW I have had success with other similar products in FreeBSD, namely MeetingPlace. IMO it runs better in FreeBSD than Windows. - Colin
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