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Adobe Goes To Flash 10.1, Forgoes Security Fix For 10
An anonymous reader writes "The recent critical zero-day security flaw in Flash 10 may have fast-tracked the release of Flash 10.1 today. Adobe 10.1 boasts the much anticipated H.264 hardware acceleration. Except for Linux and Mac OS (PDF): 'Flash Player 10.1, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported under Linux and Mac OS. Linux currently lacks a developed standard API that supports H.264 hardware video decoding, and Mac OS X does not expose access to the required APIs.' Your humble anonymous reporter, who is using Fedora Linux with a ATI IGP 340M, is very pleased that the developers of the OSS drivers have provided hardware acceleration for my GPU ('glxinfo : direct rendering: Yes,' 'OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R100 (RS200 4337) 20090101 NO-TCL DRI2'), but even if Adobe did provide hardware acceleration for H.264 on Linux, they wouldn't provide it for me because they disable it for GPUs with SGI in the Client vendor string. Adobe 10.1, with all its goodness, now gives me around 95% CPU usage as opposed to about 75% with the previous release. Good times. I anticipate my Windows friends will have a much better experience."
What do you mean? Who else would have to foresight to include embedded executable code and a javascript engine in a print document format? It's genius, I tell you!
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go look at a PDF that has pictures of someone's vacation emailed to me by an unknown perso
So I guess slashdot's goal is to make troll first posts irrelevant by having the summary beat them to it?
We don't let people use it.
The stories and info posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
Only fools would take it as fact.
I anticipate my Windows friends will have a much better experience
PARIAH!! UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!
This is my sig. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Adobe Goes to Flash 10.1
"These go to eleven."
No mac or linux HW support? I call Shenanigans on Adobe!
Can we get our brooms now?
Does anyone know of a good (hopefully low-cost/free) central patch management software/tool for things like Flash?
Sure!
Man, it's so shitty that Adobe targets their actual audience and doesn't give a shit about people who don't want to use their product. Bummer.
this will make your computer go from a leaf blower to a vacuum cleaner.
There's a Flash version for VAX?!
(Hey! Mod parent hilarious! You guys asleep or something?)
this will make your computer go from a leaf blower to a vacuum cleaner. *sigh*
So my computer will now suck instead of blow?
In other words, you can ALSO embed the LIVE feed from your webcam in a PDF document.
That is excellent. Soon I can embed a live feed to a PDF doc, print it and then I can watch the live feed from a handy a4, instead of needing the cumbersome internet or computers!
Then malicious users will be able to launch DoS attacks with nothing more than a sheet of paper and access to a photocopier.