Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 18th Nov 2008 20:35 UTC, submitted by abraxas
OSNews, Generic OSes "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." The pre-release can be downloaded from Adobe Lab Downloads.
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RE[2]: missleading
by JoeBuck on Tue 18th Nov 2008 22:40 UTC in reply to "RE: missleading"
JoeBuck
Member since:
2006-01-11

Adobe's stuff isn't FOSS, of course. If someone releases FOSS that is buggy and immature, others can fix it. Only Adobe can fix their own code.

The good news, though, is that since Adobe cares about x86-64 for Windows and Mac, they'll be highly motivated to fix any bugs found, and many of the bugs will be platform-independent.

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RE[3]: missleading
by lemur2 on Tue 18th Nov 2008 23:02 in reply to "RE[2]: missleading"
lemur2 Member since:
2007-02-17

Adobe's stuff isn't FOSS, of course. If someone releases FOSS that is buggy and immature, others can fix it. Only Adobe can fix their own code.


Recent releases of Firefox now work once again with Gnash.

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

If you want a flash plugin for firefox 3 that: (1) is FOSS, (2) works with most sites, including Youtube, and (3) works natively in 64-bit versions, then Gnash is perhaps the FOSS alternative to Adobe that may suit you.

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RE[4]: missleading
by Liquidator on Wed 19th Nov 2008 07:17 in reply to "RE[3]: missleading"
Liquidator Member since:
2007-03-04

Last time I tried GNASH, I had a black square instead of the Flash animation.

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RE[4]: missleading
by pmarin on Wed 19th Nov 2008 09:11 in reply to "RE[3]: missleading"
pmarin Member since:
2006-12-30

I am using it (Gnash) and it is not compatible with all the videos of youtube. Maybe cloning a commercial aplication is not the best option for to make the software free.

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