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Adobe Releases New 64-Bit Flash Plugin For Linux

Posted by samzenpus on from the flash-in-the-pan dept.

TheDarkener writes "Adobe seems to have made an about face regarding their support for native 64-bit Linux support for Flash today, and released a new preview Flash plugin named 'Square.' This includes a native 64-bit version for Linux, which I have verified works on my Debian Lenny LTSP server by simply copying libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins — with sound (which I was never able to figure out with running the 32-bit version with nspluginwrapper and pulseaudio)."

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  1. Re:Why does linux get this? by bramp · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you even look at the page? There is a 64bit version for Windows!

  2. Re:Why does linux get this? by whoisrich · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you look at the downloads, theres 64-bit for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

  3. Re:Why does linux get this? by rjch · · Score: 4, Informative

    But I mean, misleading headline much? Why not say all OSes got 64-bit. Do they expect us to read the article or something? Honestly.

    In a word, "yes". You can't expect your opinion to be taken seriously if you haven't at least tried to get your facts (however limited/speculative/subjective/fanciful they may be) from the article straight first.

    The other half of the story is that there was a 64 bit flash plugin for Linux (which we only got some considerable length of time after Windoze users got theirs) which was unceremoniously dumped. To make matters worse, Gentoo went and blocked all old 64 bit versions at the same time because of "security issues". (as if the new version didn't have security issues!)

  4. Enable hardware acceleration by whovian · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 64-bit plugin for Linux has never had hardware acceleration enabled. The 32-bit version does... maybe they've finally enabled it in this new version. I'll switch to this if that's the case... otherwise, I'm happy with my 32-bit plugin and smooth full screen video.

    Right-click, Settings...

    [x] Enable hardware acceleration

    Looks promising!

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  5. Hulu works by motang · · Score: 4, Informative

    With this new 64bit flash plugin hulu works via the browser no more need for the hulu desktop app.

  6. OMFG by DarwinSurvivor · · Score: 3, Informative

    God I love Arch Linux
    yaourt -S flashplugin-prerelease

    I have never had fullscreen youtube even usable at 480 before, now I can run it fullscreen at 1080p and the controls are perfectly smooth and only using 70% CPU!!!

    I never though this day would come. *sniff*