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> I keep getting a warning that Flash needs to be upgraded. I went to |
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> packages.g.o and there doesn't seem to be a newer version than what I |
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> have. What gives? I'd upgrade if there was one available but there |
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> isn't or I can't find it one. I found a bug report on the version I |
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> have installed so they know there is a issue but not sure what is going |
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> on in the background. |
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> Is there a alternative to flash? Last I read on this there are but they |
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> have issues. Are they any better today than they was a little while back? |
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> Also, is there a way to disable this warning? I know about it but I |
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> can't do anything about it either. It's just a annoyance right now. |
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> Thanks. |
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> Dale |
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From news that I read online, Adobe no longer updates Flash player Linux version beyond 11.x. |
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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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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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I tried swfdec, but that didn't work on anything. |
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There is also lightspark; I am not familiar with its status. |
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In some cases, it is possible to download a Flash video with youtube-dl or get-flash-videos. |
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Adobe Flash remains a bitter reality on mlb.com, nfl.com, wfpl.org, AT&T Uverse, among others. |
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Tom |