flash in 64-bit
Posted: 14. Jun 2010, 20:56
Unfortunately the folks at Adobe have decided to not support flash in 64-bit linux anymore. The 10.0.45.2 version that we have in the 64-bit repository is now considered a security hole, with known exploits and vulnerabilities and there's not much we can do about it.
I have uploaded gnash and its dependency agg in the 64-bit repository for 13.1 (going to do the same for 13.0). I have also uploaded a dummy flash-plugin package that will replace the old flash-plugin package and will automatically install gnash as a dependency. So everyone with a 64-bit system should upgrade from flash-plugin to gnash.
Still, if someone wants to keep the old, unsupported flash-plugin package, they can do so by adding it in the EXCLUDE list in their slapt-getrc, but this is highly not recommended.
Gnash has some issues though, CPU usage is high, higher than flash's. And I think that if you leave a page that includes a youtube video open for some time, CPU will hit 100% until you close that page. But at least it plays all youtube videos I tried. There is one issue though: if you get a "An error occured, please try again later" error in youtube, you need to clear your browser of all youtube cookies and block youtube from setting any new cookies.
I think this is the best course of action we could take. Security should matter above anything else. If someone really needs the proprietary flash-plugin, then they should better stick with a 32-bit system, or add 32-bit libraries in their 64-bit system and run a 32-bit browser that will use the 32-bit plugin.
I have uploaded gnash and its dependency agg in the 64-bit repository for 13.1 (going to do the same for 13.0). I have also uploaded a dummy flash-plugin package that will replace the old flash-plugin package and will automatically install gnash as a dependency. So everyone with a 64-bit system should upgrade from flash-plugin to gnash.
Still, if someone wants to keep the old, unsupported flash-plugin package, they can do so by adding it in the EXCLUDE list in their slapt-getrc, but this is highly not recommended.
Gnash has some issues though, CPU usage is high, higher than flash's. And I think that if you leave a page that includes a youtube video open for some time, CPU will hit 100% until you close that page. But at least it plays all youtube videos I tried. There is one issue though: if you get a "An error occured, please try again later" error in youtube, you need to clear your browser of all youtube cookies and block youtube from setting any new cookies.
I think this is the best course of action we could take. Security should matter above anything else. If someone really needs the proprietary flash-plugin, then they should better stick with a 32-bit system, or add 32-bit libraries in their 64-bit system and run a 32-bit browser that will use the 32-bit plugin.
