does this mean that a video doesn't trigger 100% CPU usage anymore? can't wait to try it
Depends on your GPU and drivers. I don't remember the specifics, but I believe only (most?) the closed source drivers can support hardware acceleration.
Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux
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Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux
#52Since 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.…
Not that you are one, but it's funny to watch Linux fanboys run into trouble with tasks that should be simple. It of course doesn't diminish their opinion of Linux being the greatest desktop by far.
Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux
#53Does that include the fancy Unreal Engine stuff, too? For example, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQiUP2Hd60Y
No. flash 11 won't have GPU acceleration on linux. Adobe said there were too many driver issues.
This boggles the mind. If they would just implement the renderer on top of OpenGL then they would get cross-platform hardware acceleration, even on mobile devices since a lot of them have OGL support these days. Considering that they still argue that they have a stable and optimized product, I'm forced to conclude that Adobe's staff are somewhat technically incompetent or that their Flash code base has a huge amount of technical debt.
Re: Adobe Flash 11 is now stable for 64-bit Linux
#54Since 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.…
At least in debian: sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install works flawlessly.
I think his point was that he followed the instructions, and they failed. If he had been using Windows, he'd have followed the instructions and succeeded. This is the problem with Linux.
FWIW, I currently run Ubuntu on my laptop, and very much like it, Windows 7 on my work desktop, and my previous laptop ran OSX.