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…