MX 21 flash plugin

[Adrian]

Stick a fork in flash, it's done. There should be no decent website that still uses flash. The only reasonable use case is if you have a webcam or similar device that requires flash to access the web interface but even then it's a sign that you probably need to replace that hardware.

[crazysquirrel]

I have an old .deb copy of flash that does work. Have to remove existing flash first.

Just looking for an EASY way (aka NO TYPING) to stop the updater from listing flash (really just need it ti ignore flash altogether).

Until I can get updates without tampering with flash. I am stuck not getting updates or trying to get them manually.

An 'ignore this update' per item choice would be NICE!

Could work for other issues as well.

[Eadwine Rose]

Post 7.

My guess is the two flash packages installed, flashplugin and flash properties.

[crazysquirrel]

Here is what I had to do to get flash working:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove adobe-flashplugin

Then I installed this deb file:

adobe-flashplugin_20170411.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb

Flash worked for the most part.

Problem is that flash updates in the MX Updater forces me to update that newest version with everything else it lists.

Without a GUI that actually will convert flash to MP4 I am stuck using flash.
Oh and I have some flash games I like to play sometimes.
I do not believe that those can be converted.

I spent years downloading all those flash files and there are no replacements available for them anymore.

I also play some online games that still use flash.

Problem with the updater is that there is no check boxes to prevent certain things from being updated with the other updates.

Another prime example of the problem is that firefox esr was updated to a newer one and extensions no longer work nor are available.
I would have preferred to uncheck that one for upgrade.

Firejail can help if there is a security problem.
Or I can just run another linux in a virtual machine without security issues.

Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions.

[Stevo]

Without a GUI that actually will convert flash to MP4 I am stuck using flash.

We have had GUIs to convert .flv video to MP4 in the Debian and MX repos for many years. Even the stock VLC we ship can do it. What about Selene, qwinff or winFF on your Stretch-based MX 18, or MystiQ if you have MX 19 or above. MystiQ is pretty simple to use, but we have no idea if you require a very specific type of mp4 or not.

[AK-47]

If you still want to use that rubbish, flash does have the Enterprise Enablement option.

Stick a fork in flash, it's done. There should be no decent website that still uses flash. The only reasonable use case is if you have a webcam or similar device that requires flash to access the web interface but even then it's a sign that you probably need to replace that hardware.

I have a webcam from 2001 that doesn't need flash. The devices that rely on Flash aren't brilliant.

[crazysquirrel]

Enterprise enablement option?
That something you have to pay for?

A web cam is not the same as a flash video file or a flash game.
Besides I don't own a web cam nor a microphone for that matter.

[SwampRabbit]

As stated, there are many tools to convert flash video to other formats, Ciano in the MX Test Repo (use MX Package Installer > Test Repo tab) is supposed to be able to convert flv. There are others, I just don't know what those are. The games... we'll that's not so easy, but if the developers of those games abandoned them and didn't convert them... its just a sad loss.

If any online games still require flash... that's a good sign that you shouldn't be playing those... the people running those sites are doing a disservice to the web and the world and everyone living in/on both.

[AK-47]

Enterprise enablement option?
That something you have to pay for?

A web cam is not the same as a flash video file or a flash game.
Besides I don't own a web cam nor a microphone for that matter.

Maybe the Google can be of assistance. I don't have any use for Flash myself and have never done this. A handful of sites have popped up which have converted thousands of Flash games into HTML5-based forms.
Of course, the other option is to move onto something else. Is nostalgia worth the security risk? How many people still use carbon-arc lighting?

[crazysquirrel]

Flash games we have are generally self contained. No virus program has ever found a problem with them.
They are usually played offline too.

Those sites converting require me to use my expensive data program to both upload the original file and download the new one.
Those sites may also have issues with copycrap laws as well. Not to mention I think that they want to charge something for their efforts.

There are some web sites that still use flash.