From c9d3e145bb3000d6882d0abeed90622f5aa0d69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Schlapa Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:19:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added firefox hack for flash --- README.md | 1 + linux/firefox.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 linux/firefox.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 25ae15d..5dfa952 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ * [Linux](./linux/README.md) * [Archlinux](./linux/arch/README.md) * [Installation instructions for UEFI + GPT](./linux/arch/installation.md) + * [Firefox](./linux/firefox.md) * [libvirt](./linux/libvirt.md) * [Shell commands](./linux/shell_commands.md) * [udev](./linux/udev.md) diff --git a/linux/firefox.md b/linux/firefox.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d9f85d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/linux/firefox.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Firefox + +## Enable use of flash player plugin + +**WARNING**: You are creating a Firefox browser which can use **deprecated**, **unsafe** plugins like Flash or Java. Please keep in mind to only access safe webpages with it. **You have been warned!** + +1. Download and install an older version of Firefox, e.g. version 51 +2. Install flash plugin +3. Create a separate user profile for this installation +4. Symlink `libflashplugin.so` to `/plugins/` +5. Start Firefox with new profile like this: `/firefox --profile --no-remote` + * Use `--no-remote` to create a new window in a new session + * Otherwise an already open Firefox would spawn a new window