On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check > up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files > (games, etc). > > Two came up in my searches, Lightspark (which seems to be, mainly a > Plug-in), and Ghu Gnash, which I like better, since it works as a > Standalone Program. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem available in Bullseye > (and Search didn't find it for Buster either). It DOES show up in Stretch, > but that's on a different machine than where my .swf files are. > Update: I just installed Stretch in QEMU-KVM in my "Knockabout" Mint 20 system and was able to install Gnash on it. I did a bit of research into Gnu Gnash, seeing that it may not be currently maintained. I wonder if that decision was made before Flash was going Extinct? I don't consider this closed, because of the large number of Standalone .swf files. But I have something to test and, may contact gnu.org about Gnash. Kenneth Parker >
