Uh...Macromedia Flash 7 support would be nice.

[mattrock1988]

OK

I think KNOPPIX should have Flash 7 built right in. I mean come on! Othe live linux cds have it built in. I hate having to download Flash and install it!!! :x

Sorry.

Matthew

[UnderScore]

Oh it would be nice. But there is a little matter called software licensing. The Flash player is not Free Software or Open Source Software so you can not just assume to include it on a Linux CD. Every End User is supposed to agree to this licensing if they want to run the Flash player on their machine http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/. Every distributor of Flash on a CD must first agree to this license and then fill out a form http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/info/licensing/main_2.html. A Linux distributor is not at all permitted to distribute the Flash player unless he has agreeded to the license and filled out the license form. Those Linux distributors that skirt this issue & just include the player anyway are in violation of the license and probably also infringing on Macromedia's copyrights. We all must honor their copyrights & licensing even if we do not agree with it because copyrights are accepted as international law.

Other Linux distributors can let the user follow another method to get the flash player. Novell/Suse Linux 9.x Pro does not bundle the flash player but their YAST online updater program (YOU) allows the user to select the flash player and then the user must decide to agreee to the license. If they do not agree, then they the player is not installed.

I hope this helps.
James