Sample of my Linux problem:
Laptop has latest Linux Mint. I tried watch some of the recent playoff/sports events. FoxSportsGO and ESPNGO. Every time I try to load, they return an error — Flash Update needed. I go to Adobe.com and it has 4 different Linux flavors for Flash.
I have tried this through the old Komander browser, Cromium, Firefox and Firefox ESR. Same results: update Flash needed.
I did a command line Flash update. Computer says it has the latest Flash, but none of the 4 browsers recognize it.
At that point, my frustration level is enough to close the lid and open the Dell Win7 Laptop, load the website and watch the event.
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
I've noticed that it's difficult to get a Linux installation to play nice with Internet video.