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eppur_se_muova

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5. I'd assume so (BTW, I misspelled "Multimedia" -- it's Multimedia Player).

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 01:12 PM

Feb 2015

Just go to the tools menu in Firefox and choose "Add-Ons" (other browsers will have similar options) and click on "Plug-Ins". If you see VLC player, just choose "always activate" from the drop menu and choose "never activate" from the drop menu for Adobe Flash Player.

VLC came with my Linux installation, and was set as the default appl'n for a lot of filetypes. I just checked Firefox running under WinXP, and the VLC option isn't there ! Still stuck with Flash Player for Windows -- at least XP.

VLC Multimedia Player appears to be the top download in video for Linux, FWIW.

ETA: Just saw your sig line and man is that true ! I was just thinking about this yesterday -- why are there so few competent thinkers in the Repug-dominated Congress ? Because they were'nt selected for competence, but self-selected for voraciousness.

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Adobe Flash Player will not support Linux in future releases. [View all] eppur_se_muova Feb 2015 OP

Well, that is the end of Flash. dballance Feb 2015 #1

And hello HTML5 defacto7 Feb 2015 #2

Pls. tell me a bit more about VLC Multipledia. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #3

I'd assume so (BTW, I misspelled "Multimedia" -- it's Multimedia Player). eppur_se_muova Feb 2015 #5

I have VLC under media options in the Applications folder dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #6

I use Pepper Flash PPA. L0oniX Feb 2015 #4

They're probably upset that they can't stick Linux with the MacAfee AV addon. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #7