[ale] Linux + Flash + Old laptop + kids

[Paul Cartwright]

On Sun February 26 2006 8:21 am, Robert Story wrote:
> My mom has given me and old laptop (K6-550 MHz, 64MB ram) and asked
> me to turn it into something the grandkids can use to surf/play
> games. I've found DamnSmallLinux to deal with the low memory size,
> but the problem I now have is that Firefox + Flash doesn't work
> right on the primary site the kids use: pbskids.org. The Teletubbies
> and Sesame Street portions have flash games, and while the page
> detects the flash plugin and puts up a white box (where a right
> click reveals the flash plugin menu), the flash game/movie doesn't
> actually load. Thinking it might be the distro, I tried the site on
> my FC4 box, with the same results.
>
> Anyone using Linux for a kid system have pbskids.org working
> successfully? Any other suggestions?

do you have User Agent Switcher
plugin installed???

you might try it in IE 6 mode...

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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800