Is it possible to get the latest version of Adobe flash player for Slackware 15.0, and if so, where can I get it from (some websites that I visit insist that the latest version of Adobe flash player is required to view certain files)?

Hi TheNutCase, Adobe Flash Player is no more, "has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!"

https://www.adobe.com/it/products/fl...d-of-life.html
(see FAQ 9)

they even removed the download links to their Projector (used to run swf files outside the browser)...
in any case those are still available (I have no idea until when) on the wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20220401...downloads.html

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Man, using today the Adobe Flash Player would be an extremely high security issue.

I for one, I strongly recommend you to just DO NOT USE the sites which asks for it and NEVER install it in your system.

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... It goes without saying that you browse these sites at your own risk.

EDIT: LuckyCyborg was faster.

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Flash was (finally) dismissed two years ago, because of:

low security

uselessness after html5

Personally I consider flash one of the worst product of the latest 15 years on Linux: I remind was slow and hungry of cpu resources, I remind the awful websites made with it!
The only good thing of flash were some funny games like the "Cooties bar" and "kubikal freakout" and some other nice animation, is still possible to play them without flash thanks to an emulator

https://theromp.biz/

If you 100% need of flash is possible to install a vm, without network or isolated network and then install an old Linux distro with flash (Mandrake, Suse, etc)

Well, honestly I believe that using Flash Player today would be like doing bungee-jumping without a cord. What could go wrong?

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To get flash to work, will probably have to change date back to 2020, if flash is used to print something that needs the current date can change date back after flash starts

Agreed. Avoid flash. It's a security risk and it's not needed to access content on the internet.

Flash was useful at the early '00s , but imo should have died by the end of the 00's. The fact that it hung around longer than that to me was idiotic. I really do not have any fond memories of this product, and I hope it is burning in digital hell as we speak.

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If you're still viewing websites that are based on Adobe's horrendously insecure Flash, you need to start changing your online usage. You're viewing content that's going to be dated and most likely just presenting misleading info or animations with inherent, 'loaded' scripting.

Thank you for your feedback people, although a simple "yes" or "no" would have been sufficient, thank you very much.

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I think there are open source players that are able to play flash files. I remember seeing one in The Wayback Machine (archive.org) although I can't recall more details. If you absolutely must play some Flash content, I think this would be the path to follow.

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A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/

https://ruffle.rs/

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