Linux Adobe Flash now available for 64bit Linux

[Dark Star]

Adobe's commitment to the Linux community and as part of ongoing efforts to ensure the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player, an alpha version of 64-bit Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux operating systems was released on 11/17/2008 and is available for download. This offers easier, native installation on 64-bit Linux distributions and removes the need for 32-bit emulation

Flash Player for Linux that supports 16 theoretical exabytes of physical memory. This technological feat is accomplished using a bleeding edge type of processor known as a 64-bit CPU.

Flash Linux 64bit FAQ : Adobe Labs - Flash Player 10 Frequently Asked Questions
Download Flash for Linux : Adobe Labs - Downloads: Flash Player 10
Source : Penguin.SWF: Now Supporting 16 Exabytes

 

[sri_rng]

is it open source?

 

[Dark Star]

Nope ! but Adobe has freed its flash format like flv and swf http://www.techenclave.com/open-source/adobe-opens-the-flv-swf-formats-110325.html?highlight=Adobe

 

[cool_cat]

It is such a important news! and GNU/Linux is selected as the first platform by Adobe!really great! for the first time window$ and OS X users can wait!

Adobe Labs - Flash Player 10

 

[Pat]

Well, I can understand windows. But why should OS X users wait and for what ?

 

[spynic]

available on the package managers?

 

[cool_cat]

download it to your desktop.extract libflashplayer.so .then open file manager(nautilus ,konqueror or dolphin) as sudo or admin

copy the libflashplayer.so into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory .make symlinks to such directories like firefox/plugins etc .

restart firefox .check aboutlugins .and first remove the old flashplugin using package manager.