At long last, Adobe has released the final version of Flash Player 9 for Linux. The first beta version was released back in October, and today is the first time in a long time the Linux player has been caught up to the Windows version. The version released is x86 only, and there's no word on whether a 64-bit version is on its way. Rumor over at Slashdot is that Adobe's Penguin.SWF blog is rejecting negative comments, which sits poorly with me. If Adobe is really embracing Flash on Linux--as would seem to be indicated by the very existence of its Flash-on-Linux blog--they should be addressing the community's concerns directly, not burying them.Nevertheless, I'm sure some Linux users are thrilled to have an up-to-date Flash player in their browser, if nothing else for watching YouTube. Linux users, please share your experiences with the new plugin in the comments. You can download the Flash Player 9 for Linux on Adobe's download page.
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1-17-2007 @ 11:59AM
rmjb said...
I couldn't find the slashdot comments about the Penguin.SWF blog's comments being censored, but I doubt that is what's going on simply because comments on that blog don't appear immediately (I think they're moderated or have to be approved) and they've left negative comments on other blog posts before.
- rmjb
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1-17-2007 @ 1:04PM
Andrew Shebanow said...
The previous commenter is correct: Adobe's blog system requires moderation or authentication. So poor Mike Melanson is probably swamped by comments and blog spam right now.
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1-17-2007 @ 1:26PM
Kevin M. said...
It works. That's all there is.
Oh, and the flash plugin will work on a 64 bit PC, because Firefox for linux is 32-bit. It's the installer that won't work. Just unpack the libflashplayer.so file and drop it into ~/.mozilla/plugins/ .
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