Question: Since Adobe has decided to discontinue support for Flash in Linux, what does that mean for us Ubuntu fanboys and what alternatives are available to us?

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> **What it Means for Users?**
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> *For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the “Pepper” API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe.”*
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> **What alternatives are available to us?**
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> Quoting from [WebuUpd8](http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/adobe-flash-for-linux-will-only-be.html):
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> *use an alternative like Gnash or Lightspark (which will hopefully become more reliable) or hope that in 5 years, Flash won't matter and HTML5 will be used pretty much everywhere.*
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[More.](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/adobe-adandons-flash-on-linux/)
If you want the latest Flash, just use Google Chrome. Otherwise you will use the old Flash which won't be updated (except for security updates) as stated by Adobe.