Linux Now an Equal Flash Player

nerdyH writes "As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive. Now, with Microsoft pushing its Silverlight alternative, Adobe is touting the universality of its Flash format, which has penetrated '98 percent of Internet-enabled desktops,' it claims. And, it today released Flash 10 for Linux concurrently with other platforms. Welcome to the future." Handily enough, Real Networks released this summer RealPlayer 11 for Linux, the first release for which they've included a .deb package, and offers nightly builds of their Helix player, for which Linux is one of the supported platforms.

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Re:yay competition!

[Draek]

When was the last time that you needed to upgrade, configure or recompile something to watch a show on a consumer television set? Yes, the signal goes digital so you ditch the old box and get on with the shinies. Exactly as in the Mac world.

And exactly as it is in the Windows and Linux works. 'Til something fails horribly, and you have to "get under the hood". And contrary to what the hardcore Apple loyalists may claim, that *also* happens on Macs.

Automakers don't cater to blingers, modders and assorted $YOURHOBBY$ers, those are a niche markets serviced by niche players.

*cough* *cough* umm... yeah. Sure. I mean, the Nissan GT-R is clearly aimed at Aunt Tilly for her to go buy some groceries. Or maybe Nissan is just a "niche" player, like Toyota and Ford, yeah, that's probably it.

I only wish they'd change the name to G-Imp or Imp/G or even GNU-Imp because most of the time the stupid name is the biggest objection people cite to not even give it a chance. English being my second language, the name means jack to me, but I've encountered the argument often enough...

From *actual* photographers and designers, or just your average OSX-obsessed Slashdot troll? because if we discount the latter, I don't think I've ever heard it. Lack of power compared to Photoshop (specially with respect to adjustment layers and 16-bit editing), unconventional interface, yes, but never "the name sounds funny". YMMV, tho'.