Re: [SLUG] Flash 8 for Linux?

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2006 - 19:30:42 EDT


On 8/23/06, Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: [SLUG] Flash 8 for Linux?
> >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:46:57 -0400
> >
> >Does anyone know when they are going to have something better than
> >flash 7 for us? I am seeing more and more flash 8 required screens when
> >I go out to check something out...
> >
>
> Flash 8 is being skipped for Linux. Flash 9 for Linux is in development at
> the moment. It will use ALSA, GTK+ (I assume version 2) and Video4Linux 1.
>
> http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/expertarticles/wpn-62-20060727FlashPlayer9HeadingToLinux.html
>
>

Yes I found the developers blog on Flash 9, which is where it is at. I was
digging around for 8 and I guess it is dead and done. Looks like from the
blog that they have the video running pretty reliably. Hope that they can get
something out soon, at least a beta to play with.

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."
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