Recently a friend of mine asked me a question: "I just got a message that
ADOBE Flash is no longer available free of charge in 2021. Does the Ubuntu
system have any equivalent Flash Player so that I can continue to watch
videos on Facebook etc?"
In order to answer the question my friend just raised, I did a bit of
research and digging around, and found that the ADOBE Flash contents and
flash player issues are bigger than I initially thought ... It's really a
BIG DEAL!!! I myself have a little bit of a deja vu feeling - bringing
back some Y2K memories ... 8-)
Well, when the Year 2021 starts, it's not so much that we can't use Adobe
Flash Player free of charge, but that Flash Player will no longer be able
to play ANY Flash contents, PERIOD!!! In technical terms, Flash Player (in
ALL OS's) is officially entering "End-of-Life" (EOL). Below is a FAQ from
Adobe Official website about this matter:
https://www.adobe.com/sea/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html
If you google the web, there are no doubt tons of materials explaining &
discussing this hot topic! I came across this site, which I find providing
a clear enough explanation, and in an easy to understand approach to this
issue. Sharing it here:
https://turbofuture.com/computers/The-End-of-Flash-in-2020-Converting-From-…
In a nutshell, contents created with this Adobe Flash technology, and the
Flash Player that is used to play them - are no longer suitable in a
Mobile-centric world of ours today. In fact, with so many security issues
& vulnerabilities popping up over the years, and with one after another
mainstream web browsers, device makers as well as content creators
abandoning Flash in droves, most could see the writing on the wall long ago
...
For people who are relying heavily on social media like Facebook, WhatsApp,
Youtube, etc, with substantial amounts of contents already in Flash - not
to fear! The big players in this field have started making all the
necessary changes to transition towards replacing technologies like HTML5,
etc, long ago. Below is one such FAQ's from FB:
https://www.facebook.com/fbgaminghome/blog/flash-end-of-life-approaching-op…
However, no doubt there will be individuals or small-time content creators
out there who may find such efforts to migrate from Flash to HTML5
daunting. If you have content like online courses, apps and other learning
assets built in or published in Flash, as of 2021, any flash content
(either built in or published as Flash) may no longer work. Not to fear
too! There are plenty of resources out there (especially on the Web), to
make such transition less stressful.
Feel free to share your opinions on this issue here ... Would very much
like to hear comments about this (like, any implication to FOSS, etc) -
from the FOSS Community's perspective.
Regards,
Wen
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Brian May via luv-main wrote:
> Tim Hamilton via luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> writes:
>
>> Looking for recommendations for an NBN RSP. We're in one of the last areas
>> to be built out, and it's finally time to switch from ADSL to FTTN. We're
>> only ~100M or so from the cabinet so I'm expecting a reasonable connection
>> (as far as FTTN is 'reasonable').
> If FTTN is not acceptable, you can now get an instant/free quote to
> upgrade to FTTP.
>
> https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn/technology-choice-program/online-quote
>
> But for me the quote was $41K...
Ouch! perhaps I should contact my old land lord and enquire just how
grateful he is that I added $41K to the value of his property ?:-)
On the subject of money I notice Tim didn't seem particularly fussed by
payment options;
whereas for me post-paid bills, non direct debit options and quality of
support were much more important aspects;
but then I am an eccentric ! Even though fibre-to-the-foyer was
available in this block of flats mid way through 2019; I didn't change
from ADSL to NBN50 till midway through 2020. Actually I really only
switched to my current "Retail Service Provider" RSP, Optus from the
old one iPrimus, because iPrimus refused to host the domain on which my
old email address was located. Support from both is not brilliant and
seems to be in the Philippines;
regards Rohan Mcleod