Flash? Seriously?

Who the heck uses Adobe Flash anymore? I've been running Linux for years and haven't had to install it quite a while. If you're coming from a Windows environment getting Flash installed on Linux is a bit of a curve ball. There are several ways of doing it and it can be done without much fuss.

Once you know how.

My housemate who was borrowing my Xubuntu box did not and for this particular website they NEEDED Flash. And I was at work.

Trying to do explain what to do over the phone... eh, no. Fortunately I had a rescued laptop that had Windows 10 on it. They were able to get Flash running on that without a problem.

When I got home from work it took me about 15 minutes checking the various ways it can be installed and used one with 3 cut and paste terminal commands.

Hopefully that will work they next time they use my machine. If not, there's always the laptop. I have a large and cluttered desk and at one point had 3 computers hooked up to a KVM switch. Now it's just my desktop and two lappies.*

But seriously... Adobe Flash?

-m
*We won't talk about my other desk. Or the desk in my bedroom. Or the coffee table downstairs....