Op 10-09-15 om 14:37 schreef Brian: > On Wed 09 Sep 2015 at 23:41:45 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Wednesday 09 September 2015 20:31:50 Paul van der Vlis wrote: >>> >>> flashplayer-mozilla will install the same flashplayer as >>> flashplugin-nonfree. But there is a big difference between the >>> flashplayer what't installed in Chromium. Chromium is better in flash. >> >> And won't play Channel 4. > > Are we sure, as Paul says, it is the same flashplayer? The plugin from > Adobe, which is what flashplugin-nonfree installs: > > brian@desktop:~$ ls -l libflashplayer.so > -rw-rw-r-- 1 brian brian 17459332 Aug 7 19:50 libflashplayer.so > > The plugin from flashplayer-mozilla: > > brian@desktop:~$ ls -l libflashplayer.so > -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 17432460 Aug 11 18:14 libflashplayer.so > > The md5sums are different too. Now, why is that and does it matter? > The respective packages are based on the same source. > > http://www.adobe.com/uk/software/flash/about/ > > identifies both plugins as the same version.
This is an interesting question. I have no idea, I have never studied flashplayer-mozilla. Is there any documentation about it? With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer Groningen https://www.vandervlis.nl/
