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Flash Player 9 beta for Linux released
At long last, Linux users can finally get a version of Flash Player 9 that runs natively in their OS. Yesterday Adobe released a beta version of Flash Player 9 for Linux. Linux users have been waiting a very long time indeed for this release, having suffered with Flash Player 7 for years while Windows and Mac users got to play with Flash Player 8 and then 9.So, have any of our Linux brethren tried this new Flash for Linux yet? Is it all it's cracked up to be, or a
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Subscribe to commentsDanOct 19th 2006 1:46PM
I've heard it hangs and crashes, but I'll be installing it shortly and going to www.weebls-stuff.com where most of the animations require flash 8 or greater.
MichaelOct 19th 2006 4:47PM
No crashes and just one hang (one one specific website) during the day. Ubuntu Dapper 6.06.
DanOct 19th 2006 5:43PM
I havent had any crashes, but I have also not seen any improvement on performance.
Also various flash websites still give me the 'you need to download flash 8' error when I try to view the flash.
meh.
wasabiOct 19th 2006 8:27PM
no serious problems so far. i can go to most flash websites now. using dapper 6.06. i don't see any difference from the old version 7. well at least i don't feel as restricted as before
JimOct 19th 2006 8:37PM
No major problems so far. Only one hang/crash. The only cosmetic problem I have seen is that javascript roll-overs still are forced behind flash objects. It is not a problem on Windows, just Linux. I reported that bug... at least I think I did. I am not too sure about how their bug reporting is supposed to work.
chukOct 20th 2006 1:42PM
A year late? Flash 9 for PC was released about 4 months ago.
Jordan RunningOct 20th 2006 3:50AM
chuk: That's correct, but Flash Player 8 for Windows was released more than a year ago, and was never released for Linux. Ergo, Linux users have had to wait a year longer than Windows users for Flash Player 8's functionality.
Jack HynesOct 20th 2006 6:20AM
Don't know what I've done wrong - but for me, Firefox crashes continuously if I'm using flash, sometimes even when I'm not and no sound works at all.
I'm Dapper with Beta 2.
I'm not gonna give up and search the forums...
thomOct 20th 2006 8:15AM
Jack it is a problem with the depth you use for your xserver ; it must be 24bbp or flash crash.
change the default in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Hope they will correct that later.
Kevin M.Oct 31st 2006 12:38AM
HOORAY! Now i can visit any flash site... and the audio is in sync!