Re: flash.exe files

2010-12-02 Thread James McKenzie
On 11/30/10 7:50 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010 22:31:46 Hiisi wrote: >> Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze >> viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and >> flash-player for windoze? > Just open a terminal, type > >

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:38:41 -0500 Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Then its *not* a self-extracting ZIP archive. That doesn't mean it > isn't some other kind of self-extracting archive, or even some kind of > executable Flash program that I am not aware of One of the things windows KVMs and copy

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 11/30/2010 06:17 PM, Hiisi wrote: > On windowz side clicking onto this file results in opening of flash > video with menu, links to different lessons, etc. > Here's the output of unzip command: > ]$ unzip start.exe > Archive: start.exe > End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either t

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Hiisi
ti, 2010-11-30 kello 18:01 -0500, Kevin J. Cummings kirjoitti: > On 11/30/2010 05:57 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > > I assume that it is a (Windows) executable file and you don't open in in > > anything - you just run it. Maybe it's a self executing zip file. > > If its a self-extracting zip file, the

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 11/30/2010 05:57 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 10:31pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (UK time), Hiisi scrawled: > >> Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze >> viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and >> flash-player for windoze? > > I

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Steve Searle
Around 10:31pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (UK time), Hiisi scrawled: > Well, if I have wine installed (and my system is opened for windoze > viruses) what should I use to open that flash.exe file? Firefox and > flash-player for windoze? I assume that it is a (Windows) executable file and you d

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Hiisi
ti, 2010-11-30 kello 08:50 -0700, James McKenzie kirjoitti: > Wine is no less secure than any other program you run on your Linux > box > in USER space. However, the project highly recommends against > running > as a super-user. > > You might want to give it a go since you proved the program is

Re: flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread James McKenzie
On 11/30/10 1:04 AM, Hiisi wrote: > Hi, List! > Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no way to run windows exe flash > movies under linux without wine? I have a foreign language video > tutorial packaged for windows users. On the course dvd there's all data > (video lessons, images and texts in xml

flash.exe files

2010-11-30 Thread Hiisi
Hi, List! Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no way to run windows exe flash movies under linux without wine? I have a foreign language video tutorial packaged for windows users. On the course dvd there's all data (video lessons, images and texts in xml format). Testing it under VirtualBox windo