Re: F15 : Flash not working on firefox 12

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On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Edik Landaveri <elwanka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 09:02:24PM -0400, David wrote:
>> On 5/11/2012 8:55 PM, Edik Landaveri wrote:
>
>> You do understand that the reason Flash gets updates is to patch
>> security holes and bugs?
>>
>> To go 'backwards' to solve a viewing problem opens you to those old
>> security attacks.
>>
>> Look for the solution and repair your problem. It is a really bad idea,
>> normally, to downgrade to an know bad application.
>>
>> --
>>
>>   David
>
> Yes but allowing the flash plugin to have text relocation is
> a potential security problem. Most libraries do not need this permission.
> Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly --Thanks Adobe who no longer will maintain its
> linux releases except for Chrome.
>
> I rather trust my SELinux security context rather than an proprietary company :-<


I can understand that.  :-)

The only problem with the last Flash for Linux, that I have seen
talked about was a green screen tint with Nvidia cards. Perhaps this
will spur on the Linux Flash project. Gnash I think it is called. Or
perhaps HTML5 will get going.

Good luck.
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