Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux • Hacker News Board

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by beej71 » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 4:21 PM UTC

ilcavero wrote: post #8

does this mean that a video doesn't trigger 100% CPU usage anymore? can't wait to try it

Last I heard, the state of Linux drivers for hardware video decoding did not make it worth it to Adobe to support it. But that news is about 1.5 years old, so maybe it changed in the meantime.

Edit: Flash 11 youtube 360p is using 14% of my CPU. mplayer 480p uses 4%. shrug

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by onedognight » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 4:36 PM UTC

burgerbrain wrote: post #38

thristian wrote: post #18

Since I'm running Ubuntu, I decided to try the 'download for Ubuntu' option on the download form. It went down like this: - Firefox asked me whether I wanted to launch the 'apturl' tool. I accepted its suggestion. - I got a dialog saying "This will enable the Canonical Partners repository". I'm pretty sure I already had it enabled, but sure, what the hell. - I got the usual 'downloading updated package lists' dialog.…

On fedora: - Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ - Select Linux - Select YUM - Install the RPM it gives me - `yum install flash-player` Flawless.

    yum install flash-plugin

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by artursapek » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:20 PM UTC

I can't bear the pretentiousness of this video. The filler clips are so overdone, from the high-aperture clip of the can of Canada Dry Ice and whatever else it was by the guy's computer mouse to the nerf guns to the shot of a very typical Command Prompt screen in Matrix green. They're trying so hard.

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by uriel » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:50 PM UTC

coob wrote: post #10

When will it be stable for OS X? I'm not joking.

When will it be stable for Windows?

And i'm not joking either. Flash is the main cause of browser instability and RAM hogging.

And this without even getting started on security.

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by devinmrn » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 5:57 PM UTC

I remember installing Flash on Debian about 4 years ago and wishing there was a 64 bit version so I didn't have to clutter up the system with another version of Firefox or the 32bit bridge libraries. Glad to see that this was resolved though.

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by rwmj » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 6:56 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #32

lallysingh wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be funny --- if it wasn't so tragic --- how much easier to use and manage free software is. Especially considering it's almost all just './configure ; make && make install' at the base level. I friggin' love pacman.

That's a good point. If Flash was free software, there wouldn't be a need for a download page - it would be in the repositories already.

And it would have been integrated in browsers directly, and we could have run valgrind on it and fixed all the bugs.

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by ilcavero » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:01 PM UTC

thristian wrote: post #18

Since I'm running Ubuntu, I decided to try the 'download for Ubuntu' option on the download form. It went down like this: - Firefox asked me whether I wanted to launch the 'apturl' tool. I accepted its suggestion. - I got a dialog saying "This will enable the Canonical Partners repository". I'm pretty sure I already had it enabled, but sure, what the hell. - I got the usual 'downloading updated package lists' dialog.…

use the flash-aid plugin for firefox, it works like a charm

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by ilcavero » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:08 PM UTC

ilcavero wrote: post #8

does this mean that a video doesn't trigger 100% CPU usage anymore? can't wait to try it

the improvement is noticeable, videos on 33% usage only

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by tomlin » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:30 PM UTC

edoloughlin wrote: post #13

coob wrote: post #10

When will it be stable for OS X? I'm not joking.

Amen. I'm sick of my laptop sounding like a 747 every time I look at a video.

> Amen. I'm sick of my laptop sounding like a 747 every time I look at a video.

The iPhone Simulator gets my MacBook Air "sounding like a 747" as well. Since it isn't made in Flash, I'm left to conclude that:

    1) any program that is demanding will cause the fan to come on; and 
    2) it shouldn't be a big surprise that Flash will cause the fan to come on.

Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux

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Post by burgerbrain » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 8:27 PM UTC

onedognight wrote: post #42

burgerbrain wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On fedora: - Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ - Select Linux - Select YUM - Install the RPM it gives me - `yum install flash-player` Flawless.

yum install flash-plugin

Yup, that's correct. Disregard me.