Updates on Flash support for Linux [LWN.net]

Updates on Flash support for Linux

Posted Apr 19, 2012 7:57 UTC (Thu) by cmccabe (guest, #60281)
In reply to: Updates on Flash support for Linux by jcm
Parent article: Updates on Flash support for Linux

From Adobe's point of view, Google is doing the work to support Flash on Linux via Chrome. Why should they spend more money on it?

YOU would be well served to take a step back and consider what it is that you really want out of Linux. Do you want a locked down platform, where there's a single, unmodifiable, uncustomizable version of X, for any X you could name? Controlled by a single company? There are plenty of platforms like that out there. Linux isn't one of them, and hopefully it never will be.

It's really irritating to see how many people want to turn Linux into another clone of OS X. If you want OS X, why not just buy a copy?

I also take issue with the idea that Linux is somehow a hostile platform (partly because the company I work for develops almost exclusively for Linux). But this comment is getting too long as is, so I'll leave it at that.

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Updates on Flash support for Linux

Posted Apr 19, 2012 10:54 UTC (Thu) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

I just don't want to see Linux get significantly less useful as a desktop platform, and the lack of Flash for anyone who decides not to jump through the hoops of installing a proprietary browser will sadly make it so.

Updates on Flash support for Linux

Posted Apr 19, 2012 20:50 UTC (Thu) by cmccabe (guest, #60281) [Link]

Running flash in Firefox under Linux never worked all that well for me. npviewer.bin would often start taking 100% of the CPU, or lock up and stop displaying video.

I also don't understand why someone would be unwilling to install a proprietary browser, but willing to install an (unsandboxed) proprietary plugin.

I feel bad that Firefox will become less popular as a result of this decision, but Linux users who are willing to install Chrome will probably actually have a better experience than in the past.

P.S. I don't have flash installed and haven't for the last few years. I don't miss it.