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Flash 7 for Linux Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the long-time-coming dept.

molarmass192 writes "Looks like Macromedia has finally made good on their word and provided Linux with a current version of Flash player. Improvements over Flash 6 include a speed boost and support for SOAP. Here's the requisite download link. I took a few seconds to get it set up and the response is noticeably snappier than version 6. In particular, the audio/video sync problems in version 6 seems to have been taken care of. Now, I wonder where they hid that Shockwave player for Linux?"

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  1. Re:No, Seriously. . . by dangerz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You sound like a disgruntled old man who hates change.

    "Lousy kids think they're great because they have animations! Why when I was your age, I had nothing but black text on a white screen! No, even worse, orange text on a red screen and it took me 4 hours to download each page!"

    The internet evolves. Deal with it.

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  2. Re:Sweet!!! by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's nice. You can verbally suck your own cock. Lovely. Meanwhile, the people that design websites that aren't based on byzantine concepts such as "NO IMAGES! EVER! AND FLASH SUCKS!" prefer to have immediate visual feedback on what they're developing.

    But don't ask me about it. I just use Nedit for everything. Still, I guarantee you someone using DW could probably do everything I do in about a quarter the time and I don't work slow.

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  3. Re:How lovely by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Then you know what? DON'T GO TO THOSE FUCKING SITES, MORON. Who the FUCK do you think you are to determine what does and does not belong on the web? Fucking hypocritical idiot. Do you want the internet to be an open and all encompassing forum, or do you want it to be a bunch of socially retarded geeks sitting in their parent basement jerking off to ASCIIpr0n. Make up your fucking mind. You have it one way or the other. Not both.

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  4. Re:Read the EULA? by jcuervo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ..but you still downloaded it, didn't you?
    Actually, no. I didn't like the terms.
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