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Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-rude dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that with the release of the 10.1 security patches, Adobe has, at least temporarily, killed 64-bit Flash for Linux. The statement says: 'The Flash Player 10.1 64-bit Linux beta is closed. We remain committed to delivering 64-bit support in a future release of Flash Player. No further information is available at this time. Please feel free to continue your discussions on the Flash Player 10.1 desktop forums.' The 64-bit forum has been set to read-only."

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  1. Flash Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's one down. Now, get them to cancel flash on i386 Linux, then on MacOS, then Windows, and we'll be all set.

  2. flash killer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Apple, and now Adobe as the new flash killer. Good job

  3. Like in a Kafka novel... by Kidbro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Welcome to the Flash Player 10.1 Forum
    Important: Do not use this forum to discuss the Flash Player 10 64-bit Linux prerelease or Flash Player 10 and earlier release players. Follow these links to discuss these topics:
    Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux forum

    Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux (Read Only)
    Welcome to the Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux Forum

    I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry... but it reminds me of reading The Trial :)

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  4. Re:This is why Flash must die. by Richard_at_work · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Having done a fair bit with HTML5 video over the past few weeks, I can safely say that although its looking good, and I enjoyed producing HTML5 video apps, its not a flash killer yet.

    They need to sort out the HTML5 subtitle standard, and someone needs to actually support it.

    They need to sort out the cue points standard, and someone needs to support it. (No, events fired every X ms or so is not enough)

    They need to eliminate cross browser issues with overlaying html over the video stream.

    They need to enable adaptive streaming.

    They need to do a lot more work, but what has been done so far is very nice.

  5. Got an Education? by m509272 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Stupid comment, get an education. If you want to create your own Flash player you can do that. It is OPEN. Stop drinking the Apple Kool Aid without question.

    http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

    http://flowplayer.org/

    http://www.swift-tools.net/Flash/

    http://www.swftools.com/tools-category.php?cat=968

    There are also dozens of tools that create Flash apps so you are not restricted to Adobe's tools either.

    1. Re:Got an Education? by datapharmer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      except that the standards published are always a few versions behind and in reality none of those players will play any of the most recent content reliably. Sure, they work for some simple stuff but calling them an open alternative is hardly fair. Sure, they could be if adobe published their intentions in advance but then they would lose their advantage. Same problem with PDF on the creation end. Sure, it is open, but if you want the most recent features in acrobat from a free or even paid alternative, too bad, they haven't been published yet.

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