Flash crash, FF/Mint
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Adobe no longer supports Flash on Linux; the latest version of Flash available for Linux is 11.2 (while everybody else is on version 13 or 14).
Have you tried Google Chrome? I go back and forth between Firefox and Chrome, but Chrome does have its own built-in Flash player. It would be interesting to see if you have more success with it. About the only thing I use Flash for on Linux, however, is watching a YouTube video, and both browsers seem to run it fine...though I'm using Xubuntu and not Mint.
Have you tried Google Chrome? I go back and forth between Firefox and Chrome, but Chrome does have its own built-in Flash player. It would be interesting to see if you have more success with it. About the only thing I use Flash for on Linux, however, is watching a YouTube video, and both browsers seem to run it fine...though I'm using Xubuntu and not Mint.
+ on the Chrome
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
but Chrome does have its own built-in Flash player.
Chrome's is the official Adobe Flash Player and will remain updated alongside Chrome.
It is not entirely true, too, that Adobe has ceased development of Flash for Linux: Flash is still available for Linux, but only through an API (Application Programming Interface) they call "Pepper". I do not know offhand if Firefox yet supports Pepper but I do know that it is trivial to install Pepper-supported Flash in Chromium.
but Chrome does have its own built-in Flash player.
Chrome's is the official Adobe Flash Player and will remain updated alongside Chrome.
It is not entirely true, too, that Adobe has ceased development of Flash for Linux: Flash is still available for Linux, but only through an API (Application Programming Interface) they call "Pepper". I do not know offhand if Firefox yet supports Pepper but I do know that it is trivial to install Pepper-supported Flash in Chromium.
Chrome is what I use and recommend. No issues in Linux, Windows 8.1.1 and Google Chrome O/S.
Chromium is better in my opinion.
Originally Posted By: hatt
I've just installed Chromium with pepper. Is chrome better or is chromium fine?
I've used both and they appear to operate the same. Chromium comes "burr-nekkid" without any commercial plug-ins, add-ons, etc. Chrome-the-browser comes with Flash and support for additional video and audio codecs.
Here is a nice comparison of the two:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ChromiumBrowserVsGoogleChrome
Unless you're absolutely and completely opposed to anything but true open source software, I'd recommend Chrome instead of Chromium.
I've just installed Chromium with pepper. Is chrome better or is chromium fine?
I've used both and they appear to operate the same. Chromium comes "burr-nekkid" without any commercial plug-ins, add-ons, etc. Chrome-the-browser comes with Flash and support for additional video and audio codecs.
Here is a nice comparison of the two:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/ChromiumBrowserVsGoogleChrome
Unless you're absolutely and completely opposed to anything but true open source software, I'd recommend Chrome instead of Chromium.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I've used both and they appear to operate the same. Chromium comes "burr-nekkid" without any commercial plug-ins, add-ons, etc. Chrome-the-browser comes with Flash and support for additional video and audio codecs.
Thanks for that succinct explanation. I've been running Chrome for a while, but didn't know there was a difference...
I've used both and they appear to operate the same. Chromium comes "burr-nekkid" without any commercial plug-ins, add-ons, etc. Chrome-the-browser comes with Flash and support for additional video and audio codecs.
Thanks for that succinct explanation. I've been running Chrome for a while, but didn't know there was a difference...
Remove Flash. There are fewer and fewer sites requiring it these days. HTML5, Silverlight, and other technologies are taking its place.
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Originally Posted By: dparm
Remove Flash. There are fewer and fewer sites requiring it these days. HTML5, Silverlight, and other technologies are taking its place.
You have done this with Firefox 29 or 30?
Remove Flash. There are fewer and fewer sites requiring it these days. HTML5, Silverlight, and other technologies are taking its place.
You have done this with Firefox 29 or 30?
I use Chromium full time, every day. I love it. The one thing I added (besides Adblock Plus) was a PDF reader.
I've actually got Chromium set up better than I ever did with FF. I never used the bookmarks bar in FF. A row of icons is way faster than the bookmarks menu for commonly used links. Don't know how I missed that all these years. Is there a way to group the icons in Chromium?
Oh I LOVE the bookmarks bar!! I think the only way to really group the icons would be to make folders or just manually group them.
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