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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. 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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