

If you want to install the Adobe Flash Player plugin in your Linux distribution, you’ll have to first to close any opened web browser application and remove previous versions of the Flash plugin from the system. It is basically a simple library, a plugin for several well known web browsers, including the powerful Mozilla Firefox application, supporting playback of audio and video streams, as well as to view Flash websites and interact with rich Internet apps. These days it is actively developed by the Adobe Systems and Microsoft Corporation. Initially developed by the American Macromedia web development software company, the project was previously known as Macromedia Flash.


Adobe Flash Player is a proprietary (closed source) and freeware web browser plugin designed to allow users to enjoy rich multimedia and Internet applications powered by the Flash technology.
