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Adobe Rolls Out Flash Player 24 Beta For Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Proprietary Software on 31 October 2016 at 05:07 PM EDT. 30 Comments

Last month Adobe returned to updating their NPAPI Linux Flash plug-in after they went four years without updating it. In September was Flash Player 23 for Linux while available now is the Flash Player 24 beta.

The Flash Player 24 beta for Linux comes with NPAPI and PPAPI plug-ins in both x86 and x86_64 flavors. There are known Linux issues remaining around async drawing, black screens when video seeking on Chrome, and other issues. The release notes outline more.

Those looking to utilize Flash Player 24 Beta for Linux can download the current development release from labs.adobe.com.

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