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To: TomGuy

Yeah, I can’t wait for Adobe Flash Player to be history and replaced with HTML5. Youtube is already HTML5 but not sure how long it takes the others to convert. Hopefully it won’t be long.

That is one issue in Linux and that is they use an older version of Flash Player so some sites see it as it needs updated even though it has been updated for that version.

The only way to properly watch Flash Player in Linux (on some sites, not all are like that) is to use the regular Google Chrome browser download and install for Linux, not Chromium. The regular Google Chrome browser for Linux has it’s own built-in Flash Player that is the most recent with all other Adobe Flash Player programs.

The only downside to using the regular Google Chrome browser is you have to have a 64-bit system because Google did away with the 32-bit Google Chrome browser. If your Linux Mint is 64-bit you are OK and go to Google and download (just download and don’t install from Google because that doesn’t work sometimes) Google Chrome for Debian and install it with your package installer or open it with the Software Center and it might be able to install it for you.

If you are using 32-bit Linux Mint but your system will handle a 64-bit OS, you can install Linux Mint 64-bit and you can get the latest version of Google Chrome for Linux. Lately, I’ve been only upgrading 64bit systems to Linux or I tell them they can have some problems with Flash Player.

CGato


53 posted on 01/17/2017 3:24:57 PM PST by Conservative Gato
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To: Conservative Gato; TomGuy
Thanks for that info, Gato. 😀
57 posted on 01/17/2017 3:42:55 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: Conservative Gato

Okay.

I tried to get Google Chrome and it sent me to Chromium — and said I was already running the latest.

I did not see a link to download Chrome. I will check to see if I can just download it.

My Linux is 64-bit.


59 posted on 01/17/2017 4:04:55 PM PST by TomGuy
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