[ubuntu-za] Forcing me back to Microsoft

[Bill Cairns]

Aren't we all missing the point a bit? Surely the problem is that SARS is
limiting their on-line system to a particular piece of software which is
not universally available. Can we not pressure SARS into fixing the problem
on their side?


On 6 August 2013 18:42, Peter Nel <fourdots at gmail.com> wrote:

> You guys are mistaken about flash.
>
> It currently only applies to firefox on linux.
> I've been using Chromium (open source version of chrome, in software
> center) for years now and it supports the latest flash. The more commercial
> Chrome also supports it out of the box.
> - - -
> Adobe.com tells me:
> You have version 11,6,602,167 installed
>
> About Chromium:
> "A web browser built for speed, simplicity, and security"
> Version 28.0.1500.71 Ubuntu 13.04 (28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.13.04.1)
> - - -
>
> Try it. It's a cool browser and fast. No need to go back to windows.
> Chrome uses the "Pepper" API to integrate flash, which is compatible with
> the latest updates drom adobe.
>
> I still use firefox (Downloadhelper plugin) to download youtube videos. I
> actually like that the videos don't start downloading automatically due to
> flash being disabled. Although you can still activate the older flash
> plugin by clicking on it, if you ignore the warning.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
>
>> Hi Jan ,
>>
>> I feel your pain. I also had to go to a dual-boot install this past
>> weekend to have Windows also.
>> The list of growing things I couldn't do and don't work on Ubuntu just
>> got too long :-(
>>
>> - Wikus
>>
>>
>> On 08/05/2013 10:33 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Seems like I will eventually have no option but to revert to Microsoft.
>> >
>> > I need to submit my tax returns via e-filing, but SARS is using Adobe
>> > Flash Player 11.3 and this version is not available for Ubuntu. I have
>> > found this: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target
>> > Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security
>> > backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux.
>> >
>
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