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New Flash player for Linux adds great features, slows playback

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DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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It's good news, bad news situation when it comes to Adobe's new Flash player for Linux. On the plus side, Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3, version identifier 9.0.115.0 was made available for Linux at the same time as Mac and Windows versions. It's nice to see Linux not being treated as the little brother who only gets the older, hand-me down programs by a major software vendor. An even bigger win for Flash Player users, regardless of their operating system, is that its supports H.264.

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HappyTux ·
Don't bother installing this if you want to keep having flash in Konqueror it does not work with it.
tuxchick ·
But but but HappyTux, Adobe is a giant Innovative Proprietary Software company. Surely they can make a Flash player that works in all the major browsers without even half-trying. (see, I kept a straight face.)

I wonder what sort of DRM hooks are planted inside.

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