I thought that it was part of the default install with Ubuntu. It is so critical to the functioning of Firefox that you couldn't leave it out. It either was or Firefox took you almost immediately to the plug in finder because all of those visuals that flash, like adds, run with Falshplayer. It would be impractical to surf the net without flashplayer because almost every page would have puzzle pieces on it. Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Mark Wallace wrote: > It's for real. The video uses flashplayer, so it will run fine in Linux. Flash is actually a proprietary format with only incomplete libre implementations. That's why it's not included by default in Ubuntu. Matt Flaschen -- kubuntu-users mailing list kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users </BLOCKQUOTE> Robert Mark Wallace Tita P Wallace Regina E P Wallace R M Ceferino P Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 <hr size=1><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40705/*http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca">All new Yahoo! Mail </a> <hr size=1>Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page.