Flash on PowerPC Linux? 23
George Wright asks: "One of the missing links to make PPC Linux more complete is the lack of a MacroMedia Flash plugin. Several people have been caught out by this, but someone has (finally) decided to petition for it. For those people that don't know what Flash is, check it out
here. How about some support?"
Please No! (Score:1)
Re:Please No! (Score:1)
Sure (Score:1)
By the way, wouldn't this be better suited to a News section rather than Ask Slashdot?
for those people that don't know what flash is? (Score:2)
aah forget it.
Oh Please... (Score:2)
Please don't port Flash to Linux/PPC
Move it to PPC from another platform.
I hope it is moved from Win xx as this will have the greatest short term benefit for mankind.
Next move it from Linux/i386 to Atari 2600.
What's wrong with the GPL version: (Score:2, Informative)
Here: http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/ [swift-tools.com]
Re:What's wrong with the GPL version: (Score:2, Informative)
swfdec (Score:2, Informative)
Yes... (Score:1)
Great (Score:1)
Speedier PPC version? (Score:2)
Why not make x86 stable first? (Score:1)
Why don't we petition Macromedia to fix the stability of the x86 version before having them embark on something like PPC?
How about a Flash player that works on ANY Linux (Score:2)
Specifically, I have noticed that Flash under Linux runs like Unreal on a 286, even on my Dual-P3 1GHz with a AIW7500. CPU load during playback is not close to 100% of one CPU, but I get a slideshow poorly synced with the sound. Of course, on Windows running on one processor of the same machine I get a very smooth playback well synced to the sound (as well as a dirty, slim
Re:How about a Flash player that works on ANY Linu (Score:2)
swfdec, which i use on my PowerPC machine is very slow and crashes often. It cannot play many files. However, it is good enough for use on my PowerPC machine for my own use; however, I would certainly not call it stable enough for my mother, my grandmother, or even my wife.
Re:How about a Flash player that works on ANY Linu (Score:2)
I have yet to see one of them that ran more than 6 frames/second.
Try going to the "Thomas Timberwolf" pages over at WB, and playing those.