[ale] stupid firefox/flash combo

[Beddingfield, Allen]

I have just ended up using Chromium + Pepper Flash for anything that requires Flash, and Firefox for everything else...  Firefox is much more stable without Flash, anyway.
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Jim Kinney [jim.kinney at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 7:23 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] stupid firefox/flash combo

So firefox now will block and outdated flash binary from running. Nice!
However, the flash binary is as current as Adobe offers on Linux. The
binary has strings claiming it to be the latest 11.x.x.x.442 but Firefox
_STILL_ says it's 11.x.x.x.440.

I've removed all flash plugins and install from adobe yum, installed
from adobe rpm. Both deliver a version claiming to be 442 but firefox
still says it's 440. I can't tell whose at fault here.

Not that I'm missing the pile of flash ads on slashdot.
--
James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/

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