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Flash is a ClosedSource vector graphics and animation format, player and editor, created by Macromedia (who were acquired by [Adobe]). The player is by far the most common WebBrowser plugin, and a lot of Flash content floats around the web. (The majority of it is probably animated banner ads these days.) There are many WebComics done in MacromediaFlash. The SWF FileFormat used by Flash is not open, but mostly documented. It is quite easy to create SWF content using free tools, such as [Ming | http://ming.sourceforge.net/], [SWFTools | http://www.swftools.org/], [SSWF | http://sswf.m2osw.com/] and [MTASC | http://www.mtasc.org/]. The [Open Source Flash | http://www.osflash.org/] website is a useful resource if you are so inclined. From time to time people attempt to create a [Free] player; as of Sept 2006, [Gnash | http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/] is regarded as the leading candidate, reputed to play some SWF files without crashing. !! Resolving font problems with Flash on [Debian] You need to install the following [Package]s: * <tt>x-ttcidfont-conf</tt> * <tt>msttcorefonts</tt> * <tt>ttf-freefont</tt> * <tt>ttf-bitstream-vera</tt> * <tt>ttf-xfree86-nonfree</tt> Edit the file <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config</tt> and make sure you have <tt>/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/~TrueType/</tt> path listed in the catalogue line. Restart xfs (<tt>sudo /etc/init.d/xfs restart</tt>) and then your WebBrowser. (NB.: the reference to <tt>X11R6</tt> rather than <tt>xfree</tt> is deliberate as this is where MacromediaFlash looks.) This information was originally found at http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/46720-flash-player-problem-2.html and then modified. !! See also * [Getting Macromedia Flash 9 to work on Ubuntu AMD64 | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341727]
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