Very recently, Youtube videos (including mine) took on a Smurf aspect: blue skin tones and other weird colors. I don’t spend a lot of time watching videos, but I’m pulling together a talk and wanted to be sure my videos still worked.
- Adobe is dropping Flash for Linux after version 11.2
- The most recent update swapped the UV color channels
- Adobe can’t reproduce the problem, hence no fix is in the offing
At least for Youtube videos, one can turn on their HTML5 video option to avoid Flash, but that doesn’t fix the other issues.
The recommended FlashVideoReplacer plugin didn’t work for me in Xubuntu 10.10, alas.
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3 responses to “Adobe Flash for Linux: Parting Gift”
Apple is trying to drive Flash out of the market (their new Safari browser update will make Flash updates even more annoying). Now Adobe seems to be getting in on the act too, dropping powerPC support and now Linux support. I admit, I won’t miss Flash, but there are some stick-in-the-mud web designers who will continue to use it for a long time, just like there are still many sites that only “work” with IE 6.
Or the routine crashes and security issues it brings to every browser … [sigh]
The same happened to me in Ubuntu, but it automagically sorted itself out while switching to Mint.