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xbuntu12.10 need flashplayer

Asked by Dee Taylor

use xbuntu 12.10 latest firefox update crashed my abobe flash..(i think) .I have gnash swf viewer , lightspark..along with lastest adobeflash..My novice question is what can i use from software centre to replace adobeflash for linux.. i do know adobe is now obsolete for use with Linux users..what are my alternatives without going back to windozzzzz..Dee Linux newbie, but lover!!!
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I did the firfox update this morning have been around the net, and videos were fine...last time i signed into watch a video it showed a 1960 type tv screenwith with error message "player not working". ..lol..I went to adobe to see the message where it says it won't work for much longer ...I uninstalled adobe to see if lightspark would work ...No !!

 I reinstalled adobe, and the screen remains black for a long time- then returns to error message and fussy screen...and wont start to play....It might be Youtube, but I think it time I solve this problem. i need an alternative to this problem...I am a female newbie and love linux would hate Windozzz to win this battle..Dee Thank you...I don't work in my terminal either so don't ask...lmao

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#1

Download Chrome, not Chromium. It has it's own flashplayer. I use Minitube from Ubuntu Software Center for Youtube (no advertisements). You must download Adobe Flashplayer 11.2 to work in Linux.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Hello,

You cannot replace adobe flash player. Simple as that. Other project not working well.

I would suggest either to remove completely any other flash related project (gnash, lightspark..etc) and install flash player through "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package

From terminal (CTRL+ALT+T)

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

OR

install Google Chrome browser (as @michael suggested) , because it has the latest version of flash player (11.8) integrated. Linux flash player from adobe is in version 11.2 and will stay for ever there (Adobe has dropped support of flash player for Linux)

Regards
 NikTh

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said : 		#3

You do not have to use Chrome if you don't want to (and I avoid Chrome/chromium like the plague because Google likes to track users).

>> I went to adobe to see the message where it says it won't work for much longer

They still release security updates for Flash 11.2.x, so as long as the sites you use don't bump their version requirement, it's a non-issue. You probably misunderstood the warning (which isn't hard to do since Adobe's goal is to twist Linux users' arms and make them use Chrome).

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Dee Taylor (musicbox4777) said : 		#4

THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME HELP.!!! MY TYPE OF ENGLISH..LMAO..THE BETTER HALF IS A DIE HARD WINDOZZZZZZ LOVER, SO I HAVE TO SORT OUT MY OWN PROBLEMS...