Big Island Linux Users Group

You may have noticed that flash applets do not work very well in the XO as shipped.

There is a fix.  I found part of it here and the other part here.

# Install adobe flash player instead of gnash player
$ su -
$ rpm -ivh http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.115.0-release.i386.rpm

# Force flash movies to default to lower quality, which improves frame rate
$ cd /usr/lib/flash-plugin
$ cp libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so.bak && sed -i ’s/HIGH/LOW/g’ libflashplayer.so && sed -i ’s/LOW/HIGH/’ libflashplayer.so

# Remove annoying “click to view” link behavior for flash sites
$ cd /usr/share/activities/Web.activity
$ mkdir bak && mv agent-stylesheet.css clickToView.xml bak

After taking these steps, YouTube videos play a lot smoother, as well as various flash games my kids like…

Enjoy!

One Laptop Per Child, originally uploaded by Eric Jeschke.
Engrossed with their new XOs.

Key: R20071231-155816-crop

We had fun at the last BILUG meeting with 4 XOs altogether. They are neat little machines.

We definitely will be doing some more with these…

Looks like there is some news out there about the upcoming Hardy Heron.

Greetings and Happy New Year, fellow BILUGers!

We will resume our BILUG schedule with a meeting this weekend, Saturday, Jan 12, 1pm-5pm at Subaru Telescope Base Facility in the UHH research park (need directions?). I know we usually meet on the 3rd Sat, but this month that is a 3-day weekend and I thought folks might want to keep that unencumbered.

We have a treat of a demo for you this month. Not one, but two OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) units that I will bring in, along with my kids, to demonstrate the cool hardware, the interesting UI and the mesh networking. Of course we’ll have the usual tech banter and assistance.

Hope to see you there. Pupus are appreciated. As usual for this location, please do not park in the Subaru parking lot, except for the spaces marked “Visitor”, or out on the street in front. Knock loudly on the door if it is not open. The meeting is just inside to the right.

Ja mata,

–Eric