Flash for Linux?

Question

The latest Flash Player for Linux has major version 7. More
and more Websites exist for which version 7 is not sufficient
anymore. Are newer versions of the Flash Player ported to Linux? If
so, does anybody know any release date?

Answer 1

> I am not sure that I am a Winger or not,
It doesn't sound like it from the post you jsut made :)
> however I am an Electrical Engineer
> and have my PHD in Engineering and Networks.
> I design and built security system for networks and CCTV
and hold
> three US Patents.
That's nice for you :)
> With that stated, I would like to ask you try Linux and
see what is is to
> be
> in control of your OS, instead of it controlling you.
Personally, I'm quite happy with Windows, and as the software
I develop is
for Windows, and it has al the tools I need for doing that ..
so it makes no
sense for me to use anything else. So I will decline your
invitation, it
really would just be a waste of time for me with my current
job etc.
And for others, such as yourself, Linux can very well be the
better choice
(for the various reasons you outline).
Its all a matter of your requirements and what the various
platforms offer
to meet those requirements.
> Evidently you are a mainstream user, and there is
nothing wrong with that,
> except you speak as if you understand both OS's. It is
evident you do not
> understand why people have dropped Windows and moved on.
to Linux.
I do understand, but it really is irrelevant to the
complaints here. Noone
is saying that Linux is a bad operating system, or that
people should not
use it. Its a personal (or business) decision for what
operating system to
use.
But as part of that decision, one should take into account
that availablilty
of software. If you can get what you want with Linux, that's
great. If
not, then maybe you should look at a platform that DOES
provide it. If
developing flash applications, or visiting Flash-based
websites, is what you
need to be doing, then Linux does not seem the correct
choice.
As an analogy, if you were buying a home entertainment system
that did not
include a provision for a DVD player, and you wanted to play
DVD's, then
your decsion to use that system would not be a good one,
depite how much
better the sound or video quality might be.
Other people (the Linux whingers) do seem to think that,
because they feel
Linux is the best operating system, and that they have chosen
to use it,
that EVERYONE must feel that way, and that all companies
should make their
software for Linux etc etc, and that to no do so is somhow a
bad business
decision and that indicates membership of the secret
anti-linux society that
is headed by Bill Gates etc etc. Really.. people that make
those sort of
claims and complatins are either naive, fanatics, or insecure
in their
decision to use Linux.
> Simply put Linux is a better OS In My Humble and
Educated Opinion
That may well be.
But, again, it is completely irrelevant regarding the
availability of a
Linux version of Flash Player. And certainly irrelevant to
the complaints
that porting to Linux should be trivial and that Adobe are in
some
clandestine arrangement with Microsoft to kill of Linux (or
whatever other
conspiracy theories they seem to have).
If Adobe/Macromedia are wanting to get their Flash platform
onto as many
users computers as possible, then it is sensible to develop
for Windows and
Mac first, and port to less popular (consumer) operating
systems after that.
Especially if they are in the situation of having a codebase
that was not
originally written to be cross-platform (its quite an old
codebase), which
makes porting to other OS non-trivial. Ideally, if Adobe was
starting on
Flash Player completely from scratch, they would certainly
develop it to be
cross-platform from the ground up so porting WOULD then be
trivial. But
that is not the way things are, whinging about it isn't going
to change it.
Anyway .. good luck with Linux, patents etc etc, and I hope
the Flash Player
for Linux platforms works well when finally fully released (I
think its
still in Beta).
Jeckyl