[ubuntu-za] Forcing me back to Microsoft

[Peter Nel]

You guys are mistaken about flash.

It currently only applies to firefox on linux.
I've been using Chromium (open source version of chrome, in software
center) for years now and it supports the latest flash. The more commercial
Chrome also supports it out of the box.
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Adobe.com tells me:
You have version 11,6,602,167 installed

About Chromium:
"A web browser built for speed, simplicity, and security"
Version 28.0.1500.71 Ubuntu 13.04 (28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1)
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Try it. It's a cool browser and fast. No need to go back to windows.
Chrome uses the "Pepper" API to integrate flash, which is compatible with
the latest updates drom adobe.

I still use firefox (Downloadhelper plugin) to download youtube videos. I
actually like that the videos don't start downloading automatically due to
flash being disabled. Although you can still activate the older flash
plugin by clicking on it, if you ignore the warning.

Regards
Peter



> Hi Jan ,
>
> I feel your pain. I also had to go to a dual-boot install this past
> weekend to have Windows also.
> The list of growing things I couldn't do and don't work on Ubuntu just
> got too long :-(
>
> - Wikus
>
>
> On 08/05/2013 10:33 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Seems like I will eventually have no option but to revert to Microsoft.
> >
> > I need to submit my tax returns via e-filing, but SARS is using Adobe
> > Flash Player 11.3 and this version is not available for Ubuntu. I have
> > found this: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target
> > Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security
> > backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.
> >
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