HTML 5's codecs are unfree. <div class="gmail_quote">On 2 February 2010 15:38, Gavin McCullagh <<a href="mailto:gmccullagh@gmail.com">gmccullagh@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I've been reading recently of how various vendors, notably Google and Apple are pushing to use new features of HTML5 to avoid the Flash plugin for situations like video playing. Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome are all implementing HTML5 at present. <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5416100/how-html5-will-change-the-way-you-use-the-web" target="_blank">http://lifehacker.com/5416100/how-html5-will-change-the-way-you-use-the-web</a> Youtube is already testing videos played through HTML5 instead of Flash and by all accounts the performance is markedly better -- though only Safari and Chrome are supported just now. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/html5" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/html5</a> This seems like good news for LTSP and the Linux desktop in general. What must likely be the most common piece of proprietary software on linux desktops may become less of a requirement. I for one will crack open a bottle of bubbly (beer) when I can remove the flash plugin from my desktop. Gavin -- edubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div>