Installing Flash as an option in usb-creator

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:30:07AM -0400, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
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> > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 05:09:09PM -0400, Evan Dandrea wrote:
> >> That said, it seems like just including a Flash checkbox seems
> >> limiting and including a list box that lets them select from all of
> >> universe and multiverse isn't helpful unless you know the name of the
> >> package that provides the functionality that you're after.  So perhaps
> >> the best UI here would be a specific list of commonly requested
> >> additions from universe and multiverse, with items labeled as "Flash
> >> support", "Multimedia codecs", and so on?
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> When doing that, remember flash-plugin nonfree is actually a script that
> goes out and fetches the actual Flash capability (and sets it up). So
> installing that package won't actually enable Flash.

Yes it will.  That's the entire purpose of the package: it downloads and
installs the plugin when the package is installed.  A live USB image with
that package included will have Flash enabled.

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 - mdz