# Is it just me, or does Flash Player run really crappy in Linux? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 6, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470 "2004-04-06T05:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grinch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@grinch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grinch)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/1 "2004-04-06T05:12:51Z")
I’ve been noticing, that since I downloaded Flash Player 7, all the swf’s I see are usually running at a laggy pace. Like with El\_Thrierro’s footer, and kirupa’s, they run really slowly… Is this just me, or were the people at Macromedia just being darn lazy? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/2 "2004-04-06T11:35:54Z")
Ugh, Yeah njs said something about Macromedia being un-supportive for linux… Man It’s so annyoing! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/3 "2004-04-07T04:06:43Z")
Yeah…I had to turn off all the footers on here because of it…it makes my computer SOOOO laggy. Don’t macs have problems with flash too (or at least in the past they did)? -teet ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/4 "2004-04-07T04:17:20Z")
Yeah I think they do, I just tried to run a site on my dad’s g3 with safari in osx and it lagged a ton. it wasn’t even a graphics intensive site either. I think it may have just been the processor tho. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/5 "2004-04-07T11:49:13Z")
I get real lagged out too… a P4 3.06ghz ought to be able to handle basic motion tweens. Hopefully their Flash support will improve when they start releasing native versions of their authoring tools. You could try mailing MM and complaining though - perhaps we’ve got it set up wrong. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/6 "2004-04-07T12:15:46Z")
Hey guys, I just couldnt really understand how to use app’s with linux to run well with WINE, so I just got Win2k Pro installed, so now I have linux and Windows! I think it’s awsome how I figured it out without messing up! 😛 So I’m just going to use linux a lot, but when I need to, I’m going to switch over to win2k. God do I hate how so many apps that I need aren’t native to Linux… Oh and njs, I’m still trying to get ET up, I’ve been doing so much stuff with it, downloading and installing all these packages, but then everytime I try it, it needs another thing to make it work! Ahhh. :d: Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/7 "2004-04-07T18:18:51Z")
> [@grinch](#): > > Hey guys, > I just couldnt really understand how to use app’s with linux to run well with WINE, so I just got Win2k Pro installed, so now I have linux and Windows! > I think it’s awsome how I figured it out without messing up! 😛 > So I’m just going to use linux a lot, but when I need to, I’m going to switch over to win2k. God do I hate how so many apps that I need aren’t native to Linux… Oh and njs, I’m still trying to get ET up, I’ve been doing so much stuff with it, downloading and installing all these packages, but then everytime I try it, it needs another thing to make it work! Ahhh. :d: > Thanks! You using RPMs? They don’t automatically resolve dependencies - I dislike them. Try using apt or yum instead. Apt is the method I showed you earlier with apt-cache and apt-get. If you search hard enough, you can find equivalents of most software. e.g The GIMP -\> Photoshop Sodipodi/Inkscape -\> Illustrator Quanta+ -\> Dreamweaver There is a massive list here: [http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml](http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/8 "2004-04-07T19:28:33Z")
No njs, they aren’t RPM’s. They are all tar.gzip’s, but I already know how to insatll those. But right now, I’m trying to install the NVIDIA driver, and it says I dont have a kernel source. So I downloaded the package, and un-archived the files. The kernal file is in /usr/src/linux.#'s/kernal It says I can specify where the source is by using --kernal-source-path, but it kept saying it wasn’t a command. So I think after I clear the whole kernal source path up, I should finally be able to play ET… Hopefully. I bet another thing will come up saying I need this other package :puzzled: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/9 "2004-04-07T22:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=grinch]No njs, they aren’t RPM’s. They are all tar.gzip’s, but I already know how to insatll those. But right now, I’m trying to install the NVIDIA driver, and it says I dont have a kernel source. So I downloaded the package, and un-archived the files. The kernal file is in /usr/src/linux.#'s/kernal It says I can specify where the source is by using --kernal-source-path, but it kept saying it wasn’t a uh oh… you downloaded the kernel sources off [kernel.org](http://kernel.org)? You want the custom Fedora sources - they should be on your fedora cd somewhere. about running the program, try: \ --kernel-sources=/usr/src/linux ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/10 "2004-04-07T22:21:57Z")
It has nothing to do with processor strength, or amount of RAM. Mostly the problems with Linux and Mac OS running Flash Player is the code for running it is inefficient. Windows Flash player = lots of development hours = great code = runs great. Linux and Mac Flash player = minimal amount of development hours = poor code = runs worse than Windows. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/11 "2004-04-08T00:31:01Z")
Yeah, I hate that, but I got win back ;). Ok njs, I’m going to try it out, thanks! //your not on gaim anymore? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/12 "2004-04-08T08:35:59Z")
> [@grinch](#): > > Yeah, I hate that, but I got win back ;). > Ok njs, I’m going to try it out, thanks! > > //your not on gaim anymore? I can’t - I’m on a PDA or 56k, there isn’t a free pda AIM, and gAIM would take too long when I’m on the laptop 😉 If you’ve got MSN messenger(supported in gaim ;)) [njs12345@hotmail.com](mailto:njs12345@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-flash-player-run-really-crappy-in-linux/106470/13 "2004-07-03T01:40:52Z")
It runs very well for me.