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From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6726@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:27:10
Message-Id: 223996.38716.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree by Dale
1 > I keep getting a warning that Flash needs to be upgraded. I went to
2 > packages.g.o and there doesn't seem to be a newer version than what I
3 > have. What gives? I'd upgrade if there was one available but there
4 > isn't or I can't find it one. I found a bug report on the version I
5 > have installed so they know there is a issue but not sure what is going
6 > on in the background.
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8 > Is there a alternative to flash? Last I read on this there are but they
9 > have issues. Are they any better today than they was a little while back?
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11 > Also, is there a way to disable this warning? I know about it but I
12 > can't do anything about it either. It's just a annoyance right now.
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14 > Thanks.
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16 > Dale
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18 From news that I read online, Adobe no longer updates Flash player Linux version beyond 11.x.
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20 Many sites now, including YouTube, and many spammers, have gone over to HTML5, though some of those also work with Flash.
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22 Under FreeBSD, I built gnash from ports, that worked with YouTube but not much else but can't be built for FreeBSD >=10.
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24 I tried swfdec, but that didn't work on anything.
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26 There is also lightspark; I am not familiar with its status.
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28 In some cases, it is possible to download a Flash video with youtube-dl or get-flash-videos.
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30 Adobe Flash remains a bitter reality on mlb.com, nfl.com, wfpl.org, AT&T Uverse, among others.
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32 Tom

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Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>