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Flash 9 Beta for Linux Available
DemiKnute writes "According to the official Penguin.SWF blog, the a beta release of the long-awaited Flash 9 for Linux is available for download, a mere year after the release for Windows." From the blog:
"While we are still working out exactly how to distribute the final Player version to be as easy as possible for the typical end user, this beta includes 2 gzip'd tarball packages: one is for the Mozilla plugin and the other is for a GTK-based Standalone Flash Player. Either will need to be downloaded manually via the Adobe Labs website and unpacked. The standalone Player (gflashplayer) can be run in place (after you set its executable permission). The plugin is dropped into your local plugin directory (for a local user) or the system-wide plugin directory."
Report bugs here.
Linux users are always "blah blah blah open standards, FLASH uses bandwidth, it isn't an open standard, it's hyper TEXT markup, it's a security hole etc, etc." All anyone does it bitch about how sucky flash is, but then turn around and complain that they don't have it.
They'll refuse to use something on principal, but then say, "Well, you HAVE to use Flash since so many websites use it." Yeah, like when Firefox first came out and so many sites weren't compatable with it. And how you insist on annoying people by sending them opendoc files instead of MS Word files. C'mon - have some balls and refuse to use Flash.
Why should Adobe even care about making Flash for Linux in the first place for such a tiny portion of the web browser market? God, you people are whiners.