Updates on Flash support for Linux [LWN.net]

Updates on Flash support for Linux

Posted Apr 19, 2012 11:36 UTC (Thu) by Seegras (subscriber, #20463)
In reply to: Updates on Flash support for Linux by jcm
Parent article: Updates on Flash support for Linux

> To me, the biggest problem with flash is that Linux in general is seen as
> too hostile as a moving target platform for Adobe to want to continue
> releasing a standalone plugin outside of Chrome.

Hah! Remember how long it took Adobe to produce a 64bit-version of flashplayer for _any_ platform? There was an interview with a head developer who was whining on how hard it was, with all those different assemblers and such.

The simple fact was, the Adobe flashplayer team was a horde of incompetent nincompoops. Maybe still is. In any case, that is a far more likely cause for lacking support for <insert platform here>.

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