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Re: Open Source Flash Alternatives





On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> wrote:
Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files (games, etc).

Two came up in my searches, Lightspark (which seems to be, mainly a Plug-in), and Ghu Gnash, which I like better, since it works as a Standalone Program.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem available in Bullseye (and Search didn't find it for Buster either).  It DOES show up in Stretch, but that's on a different machine than where my .swf files are.

Update:  I just installed Stretch in QEMU-KVM in my "Knockabout" Mint 20 system and was able to install Gnash on it.  I did a bit of research into Gnu Gnash, seeing that it may not be currently maintained.  I wonder if that decision was made before Flash was going Extinct? 

I don't consider this closed, because of the large number of Standalone .swf files. But I have something to test and, may contact gnu.org about Gnash.  

Kenneth Parker 

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