[mythtv-users] looking for 64 bit Flash Linux plugin

[jedi]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 06:01:57PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 17, 2010 03:35:31 pm Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >> On 06/17/2010 05:30 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> >> > On Thursday, June 17, 2010 03:21:04 pm Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >> >> On 06/17/2010 05:02 PM, Robert Parker wrote:
> >> >>> Arggh!!
> >> >>> I just re-installed from scratch my MythTV setup and then went to
> >> >>> download the 64 bit Flash 10.1  (the version that has no stuttering
> >> >>> problems with streaming) only to find that Adobe discontinued the
> >> >>> download a few days ago. It is unknown when Adobe will make this
> >> >>> available again.
> >> >>> Anyone know where I can download the 64 bit 10.1 Flash plugin ?
> >> >>
> >> >> On the bright side, the 64-bit Flash 10.1 plugin was known to crash
> >> >> MythBrowser (in all its uses--including MythNetvision).  I have a
> >> >> feeling there's a really good reason why they took it away...  (Pure
> >> >> speculation, though.)
> >> >
> >> > You may be right, but it is useful to some people, like me. I use it on a
> >> > non-Myth machine.
> >> >
> >> > I don't understand why they could not explain the problem, not doing so
> >> > makes me suspicious. Simply saying that "no additional information is
> >> > available" sounds very Microsoftish.
> >>
> >> Well, that's commercial, proprietary software for you.  (I'm not
> >> disagreeing at all--just saying that it's about what I'd expect,
> >> especially for a "disfavored" OS.)
> >
> >
> > Looks like they have now released more information:
> >
> > "We have temporarily closed the Labs program of Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux, as we are making significant
> > architectural changes to the 64-bit Linux Flash Player and additional security enhancements. We are fully committed to
> > bringing native 64-bit Flash Player for the desktop by providing native support for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux 64-bit
> > platforms in an upcoming major release of Flash Player. We intend to provide more regular update information on our
> > progress as we continue our work on 64-bit versions of Flash Player. Thank you for your continued help and support. Stay
> > tuned to the Flash Player discussion forum for further announcements."
> >
> >
> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/adobe-temporarily-suspends-64-bit-flash-beta
> >
> > I agree the question is whether this is "intention or placation".
> >
> > Interesting "security" solution, if nobody can run it there will be no security problems.
> >
> > The sad thing is, if they would be more open about the problems, Linux users could almost certainly contribute to a
> > solution.
> >
> > But as you said, that's proprietary software for you.
> 
> My translation:
> 
> "We're busy focusing on making flash for android not suck, we might
> care about 64-bit desktop linux after we make that happen. So don't
> hold your breath."
> 
> /me finds it ironic that this is supposedly a big selling point of
> android over iphone, while one of the most frequently installed chrome
> extensions is a flash blocker...

    There's a lot of bad news when it comes to website scripting. Flash is
just the tip of the iceberg. There are all sorts of strange/suspicious things
you see on a desktop browser if you bother to look.

     I use my blockers mainly to stop scripts of any sort (not just flash) on
unknown and untrusted sites and for scripts that don't come from the same host
as the page in question.

     Every so often my blocker will object to something that one of the Zynga
games is trying to do.

     Proprietary binaries kind of suck in general. Although they are hard to 
avoid.