As i (have to) use windows on the internet, this really doesnt affect me too much.
But as an (albeit) offline ubuntu user, this is great!
As i (have to) use windows on the internet, this really doesnt affect me too much.
But as an (albeit) offline ubuntu user, this is great!
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If Stupidity got us into this mess,
then why can’t it get us out?
Why would it be more stable if you had the source? And where does it say it will be unavailable for PPC and 64-bit?
Of course it would be nice, but I think we should be quite thankful that Adobe is actually releasing a Linux version at all. I don't care if I have to install it separately, since Windows users must do that as well.I just wish we had a GPL version that could be shipped with Ubuntu.
If you want to bash Adobe for something, then we should be on their asses for not releasing the e-book module for Acrobat Reader, which makes it impossible to get e-books from a lot of public libraries using Linux.
Lord Illidan, I sometimes wonder if they are developing a Linux version of the play to stop a GPL version from being built. think about it if there was no flash player at all how long it would be before a gpl version apeared.
and that would put a spanner in the works since gpl code tends to find it's self all over the place, in new flash editors, new windows and mac plugins ect ect. which would damage the control over the format.
I recon the whole reason it's been allowed by the top brass is for this political reason.
Now all we'll get is a player and we'll never get an editor and other conversion tools.
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Actually, I thought there was already a free flash alternative. Although it is not very good.
If the GPL code runs Flash just as well as the proprietary player, then yes. But problem is that it is a closed format, or else there would already be a player for Linux.[/QUOTE]and that would put a spanner in the works since gpl code tends to find it's self all over the place, in new flash editors, new windows and mac plugins ect ect. which would damage the control over the format.
:-/ rightFlash8 works under ubuntu (well with WINE), so theres your editor.
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