http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3799/
>"adobe flash has become ridiculously slow"


The linux version is a sad attempt compared that of windows and macOS.

a few things were fixed, but performance has decreased dramatically.

vote for this bug at adobe website so we get it fixed!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756239

it has become terribly and painfully slow, even on modern dual-core processors, 2gb ram and the latest Nvidia Card. Older single core computers becomes virtually unusable in any website with flash elements.

does Adobe plans this on purpose so we stay with Windows?

Sadly this's a mayor blow on Linux once again.

if you already have v9,0,0,115 installed you can fix it by reverting to the last fully working version: v9,0,0,48 (i call this a "fix" not a downgrade)


by re-installing flash 9,0,0,48 we can solve this

go to
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266

download the archived file (70+ mb download)
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp9_archive .zip

double click the installer and when asked, open it in a terminal, follow the instructions.

another thing is trying running firefox and flash in wine... the performance is really good.


so i propose keeping v9,0,0,48 for Hardy 8.04 and future Ubuntu releases till Adobe releases a Fix to the Huge performance drop, leeks and dumb bugs in "native" flash (if you can call it that..).

i also propose keeping v9,0,0,48 in the repos, for anyone who mistakenly "upgraded" :/

[155 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3799


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On my Ubuntu systems (currently: 32-bit Ubuntu 7.10 and 64-bit Ubuntu Hardy alpha 6), Flash is not slow, and not noticeably slower than on Windows.

So it's not a problem that every Ubuntu user has.]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:44:52 +0000
what flash version you have ?

like i said flash 9,0,48,0 goes fast. But the latest 9,0,0115 is much much slower (in windows it goes at a good speed on same hardware). Plus i know is not a driver issue since i have 2 pcs and 2 laptops, each with a different speed and different setup.

This is not something am making up or experiencing alone.

you can read at the adobe flash linux blog, hundreds of users complaining.]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:16:04 +0000 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:57:18 +0000 I installed Apple Safari browser under wine and flash plugin (win32 version) 9.0.0.115 for it. Win32 version of plugin under wine runs MUCH (didn't make tests to tell how) faster, than native flash plugin 9.0.0.115 in firefox.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:07:30 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:09:45 +0000 ]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:29:07 +0000 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:38:46 +0000
So no, this issue has not been fixed!]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:37:09 +0000 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:50:51 +0000