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thanks for the flash

Pelo- are you running the latest 5.28 or one with a possible earlier instant update? Check your ~/.packages for it..

warren watson wrote:thanks for the flash

Glad it works for you Warren.

I have updated the Flashplayer pet to version 11.2.202.235. See first post in thread.

This is a security update which should be used to replace version 11.2.202.233.

I have re-packaged the pet to correct the permissions of libflashplayer.so to root,root. Downloading from Adobe gives the file permissions [501], guest.

I have also retitled the pet to flashplayer-11.2.202.235.pet.

See first post for download instructions.

I have updated the Flashplayer pet to version 11.2.202.236.

This is a security update which should be used to replace version 11.2.202.235 or earlier.

See first post in this thread for download instructions.

I know this doesn't apply to Puppy or Linux, at large. But, you be the judge: (this was sent to me by a colleague)
[quote]And thus ends the tale of Flash on mobile browsers: Adobe has announced it will not support Flash Player browser plugin for Android 4.1 and onward.

“There will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1,

gcmartin:

Only comment I have is WTF does this have to do with a specific thread about a flashplayer pet for Puppy! If you want to start another of your philosophical rambles why not start a specific thread for it?

Sorry you're offended.

I'm concerned to know if this could/would impact Puppy or PUP development. I'm not looking for anything philosophical.

Here to help

So I got Puppy 5.4.2 recently . It still has a 10 version can I update this to 11 also?

Sure Ty! Simply overwrite your current libflashplayer.so.

tytower wrote:So I got Puppy 5.4.2 recently . It still has a 10 version can I update this to 11 also?

I suggest you install GetFlash and try the latest version of Flash:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 03&t=74491

Thanks guys , worked well