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Re: Open Source Flash Alternatives



On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 06:17:32PM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> 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.
> 

I just find the last commit of Gnash (almost two years ago)[1], It did
say "Gnash is currently not being actively maintained".

For an alternative to Adobe Flash, Ruffle[2] is indeed worth watching, but
they seem to have been in the proof-of-concept stage for a long time.

[1]: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnash.git/commit/?id=583ccbc1275c7701dc4843ec12142ff86bb305b4
[2]: https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle

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