Flash 9 Beta finally available for linux

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:11 pm

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:30 am

I never thought I'd see the day...

Brings a tear to my eye.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:07 am

im sure the internet based advertisers are jumping for joy.

jaq · Post by **jaq** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:21 am

Linux

The following are the system requirements for additional platforms supported by the Flash Player 9 Update Linux beta.

Hardware—Adobe has tested the Flash Player 9 Update beta for Linux extensively on the following minimum hardware configurations:

* Modern Processor (at least 800 MHz)
* 512MB of RAM
* Alsa Sound Architecture (OSS/ESD will not play audio; audio will silently fail.)
* Graphics Memory (128MB)

Is it just me or are those requirements a little steep?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:29 am

i would care to say that thos requirements roughly equal that of whats needed to view most flash animations without much loss of performance... on windows.

spoon0042 · Post by **spoon0042** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:20 pm

jaq wrote:Is it just me or are those requirements a little steep?

Yeah, that's bullshit.

I have a 800MHz P3, less RAM, and onboard video and everything works fine so far, more or less. I can't fullscreen youtube videos without them looking like slideshows, but that's no big deal.

LobStar · Post by **LobStar** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:20 pm

dear god... <3