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64bit Linux??

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
June 12, 2010
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You discontinue the only version that works on 64 bit linux and then don't offer support for 64bit linux in 10.1???

This is why I hope flash dies a quick but agonizing death.

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marathon64bit

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I agree. A version with a huge security expoit is completely unexceptable. I am uninstalling it as I type this. I can see why the 10.1 version might not be ready yet. I do not see why 10.0 cannot be patched.

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Anonymous

I have to agree with most posters here, what the hell? if 10.0 didnt have a critial bug being actively exploited in the wild then x64 linux users waiting for 10.1 wouldn't be a big deal. Windows users may not concern themselves with security but linux users sure as hell do, and since your little kaffuffle with Apple you don't need to give them any more examples of how flash is a "security nightmare".

Just patch the x64 linux 10.0 version and 99% of linux users would be happy.

And *NO* the ndiswrapper/other hacks used to install the x86 version do NOT work, and quite frankly, never have.

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linuxgeek

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NO MORE 64-BIT FLASH FOR LINUX!!!...This is a huge inconvenience. I've tried Gnash, nswrapper and other alternatives and none are nearly compatible with Adobe Flash. If the close is "temporary", how long will we have to wait before its re-opened? I won't mind too much waiting a few weeks, maybe as long as a month or two but anything beyond that is UNFORGIVABLE. Right now, as I sit at my computer without being able to play Youtube and other movies, I'm ruminating about the promising potential of HTML5...If Adobe is going to treat its customers this way, then I hope the de-facto standard of Flash dies out completely, on ALL PLATFORMS and hurts Adobe's revenue.

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blakjak_au_wa

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Though there is sadly no viable alternative to flash for a lot of existing content, this does not include youtube. Go get Chromium (the open source project behind Google chrome) and go to www.youtube.com/html5 and join the html beta and most youtube movies should work with out having flash installed.

Meanwhile, bad form Adobe, for removing access to your existing 64bit build. It's hard to take seriously the claim that you're interesting in supporting linux users when you remove the existing build before the new one is available. I had the old 64bit alpha installed on my laptop, but installed ubuntu 10.04 last night and now I have no flash until you decide you're ready to re-release it. Thanks a bunch.

It's exactly this kind of thing that prompts people to keep saying proprietary software is bad for users. If you pull support what do we have? Nothing.

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jsmelendro

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After years waiting for the 64bit version...

Bye, bye Flash. Welcome HTML5

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BasouKazuma

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As it states on the 64 bit linux page, it hasn't been discontinued, it's still going to be worked on and they'll start fully supporting 64 bit versions in a future release which is a good thing.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes_64bit.html

I don't see the point in removing the option to download the Alpha/Beta version but you can easily find that online.

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet/HTTP-WWW-/Adobe-Flash-Player-for-64-bit-Linux-42958.shtml

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TheTron

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If Adobe is supporting 64-bit then why remove the beta and not continue to work on it?

"We are fully committed to bringing native 64-bit Flash Player for the desktop by providing native support for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux 64-bit platforms in an upcoming major release of Flash Player"

With it taking TWO YEARS to simply go from 10.0 to 10.1, I read that as 64-bit Linux in Flash 11 sometime in 2015 meanwhile users are SOL.

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