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Adobe Releases Flash Player 24 For Linux Four Years After the Last Major Update (bleepingcomputer.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Adobe released today Flash Player 24 for Linux, after previously abandoning the application without explanation in 2012. The NPAPI architecture of Flash Player for Linux is now on par with Windows and Mac releases on version 24, after spending the last few years stuck at version 11.2 and only receiving small patches and security fixes, but no new features. Today's Flash Player 24 for Linux release comes after Adobe teased its release on August 31, and later released a Beta version (v23) in October. Despite updating Flash Player for Linux to the same version number as its Windows and Mac alternatives, the Linux variant still lags behind on features. While Flash Player 24 includes all the security features included in the Windows and Mac versions, the Linux version doesn't support accelerated GPU 3D acceleration and video DRMs. If users need these features, Adobe says users should use Chrome for Linux, where Google's own port, the Pepper Flash plugin (PPAPI architecture) supports them.
most user uses chrome which has flash and will ditch it soon. why release that?
Be or ben't
The last reason I had to stay on Windows is now gone. May the year of Linux on the desktop begin!
Allright! Can't wait to get at all that brand new flash content!
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
Chromium Pepper Flash for Linux does not have DRM Support either. The only way to get DRM support for Pepper Flash is to get it from an image for an x86_64 Chromebook, or use PipeLight But Pepper Flash does support 3-D.
Whats up with those dumb editors on slashdot. Can't they just explain what this stuff is??
Not everybody around here just happens to know what this "Flash" is (catchy name BTW)
According to wikipedia it is some type of programming language mostly used for animations and online games.
Apparently it was quickly abused by millions of hackers and douchy advertising lowlifes so it quickly became obsolete for a large part of western civilization.
Good to see all those bright people sticking with their dream to make something great and still updating this old stuff.
Why are other peoples sig's always more witty ???
Dear proprietary, bloated malware attack vector from hell; foad. No one wants you. Your parents hate you. Your girlfriend became a lesbian after seeing you naked. You are a stinking pustule, a soon to be forgotten constant annoyance with your privacy violations, supercookies, security flaws and general worthlessness. Please take Adobe with you.
Uninstall Flash and you won't see much difference. Practically all sites have HTML5 players now.
thegodmovie.com - watch it
and video DRMs. If users need these features
No user needs the feature that is DRM.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
It already does that, at least for h264. VP9 is accelerated only on Intel I believe.
acrobat reader is the only pdf reader I've used that supports complex pdfs with embedded scripting... I don't have many pdfs that require this, but I do have a few, and no pdf reader other than Acrobat supports them.
Also, Acrobat was the only reader I've ever used that had a facility to print in "booklet" mode, which was kind of nice for printing out things like product instruction manuals.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Does not compute. vcenter server appliance is a Linux virtual machine running on ESXi, which you access through a web browser. Using a Windows VM for that is definitely not required.
Now guess what plug-in you need(*) for the web browser so you can manage vCenter, Yeah, it's fucking Flash. (*) Well, to be fair, they announced "The vSphere Web Client of Tomorrow" that works with HTML 5,
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.