To be safe, I installed all recommended updates to my system. There were a few updates to Firefox, but nothing specifically about a flash player. After updating, I still can't watch YouTube videos. Can I conclude therefore that the flash player on the Ubuntu servers is outdated/incompatible? How might I check the version before I waste time with apt-get?
If I choose to go the apt-get route, can I invoke apt-get from (a) anywhere in the system or (b) do I need to be in the target directory? If (b), which directory should I be in? On Jul 11, 12:26 pm, Chris Miller <lordsauronthegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:35 AM, kimjeng <easymaker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 9, 2:34 pm, Scott Vargovich <bluesfrea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Honestly, it's a lot easier to do 'sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin' > >> and be done with it. > > > +1 ^^^ > > Sometimes the distro's version of flashplayer is out of date or > insecure. (Because Flash has *never* had security flaws before.... > right?) So it can be useful to install it straight from the vendor. > > Then again, Adobe is notoriously slow to update Flash for Linux > anyways, so I'm not sure it's worth it either way. > > IMHO, HTML5/JS can't proliferate fast enough for my tastes. > > -- > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > fsdev.net | 0x5f3759df.org | chrismiller.at -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
