From 20031aba5723e329dbeaa23371816401cdb00c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaun Assam Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 04:43:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Created how-to content for flash.adoc Created content for flash.adoc --- _topic_map.yml | 2 +- en-US/flash.adoc | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/_topic_map.yml b/_topic_map.yml index 59022a6..a345e8a 100644 --- a/_topic_map.yml +++ b/_topic_map.yml @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Topics: File: fedora-life-cycle - Name: (FIX ME!) Firewalld File: firewalld - - Name: (FIX ME!) Flash + - Name: (CHECK) Flash File: flash - Name: (FIX ME!) Kernel File: kernel diff --git a/en-US/flash.adoc b/en-US/flash.adoc index 1fa3112..ca89079 100644 --- a/en-US/flash.adoc +++ b/en-US/flash.adoc @@ -1,40 +1,54 @@ -= Flash - +:experimental: +include::en-US/entities.adoc[] include::en-US/3rdparty-message.adoc[] -''' +[[ch-flash]] += Flash -[IMPORTANT] -====== +[[sect-what-is-flash]] +== What is Flash? -This page was automatically converted from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash +Flash is a web browser plugin for multimedia use. +Because it is not free/libre and open source software, Adobe's Flash plugin cannot be included in Fedora. +However, Adobe does release a version of the Flash plugin for Fedora, and other Linux distributions, for Firefox, Chromium, and other popular Internet browsers. -It is probably +The use of Flash is not as wide-spread as it use to be as many sites like Youtube use HTML5 for video playback. +Many modern browsers like Firefox and Chromium can play these files without the need for a Flash plugin. +Google Chrome's web browser comes with Flash installed by default. -* Badly formatted -* Missing graphics and tables that do not convert well from mediawiki -* Out-of-date -* In need of other love +== How do I install Adobe Flash? +Before downloading Flash, you will need to know whether you are using Fedora 32-bit, or 64-bit. +Open the terminal and enter: -Pull requests accepted at https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs +[source,bash] -Once you've fixed this page, remove this notice, and update -`_topic_map.yml`. +==== -Once the document is live, go to the original wiki page and replace its text -with the following macro: +uname -p -.... -{{#fedoradocs: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/whatever-the-of-this-new-page}} -.... +==== -====== +A result of `x86` means it is 32-bit, and `x86_64` is 64-bit. -''' +To install Adobe Flash on Fedora: +. Go to the official Adobe Flash web site at link:++https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/++[https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/]. -''' +. In the drop-down for _Select an Operating System_, choose 32-Bit or 64-Bit (depending on the result above). -See a typo, something missing or out of date, or anything else which can be -improved? Edit this document at https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs. +. In the drop-down for _Select a version_, select *FP for Linux 64-bit (.rpm) - NPAPI* for browsers like Firefox, or select *FP for Linux 64-bit (.rpm) - PPAPI* for browsers like Chromium. + +. Click the *Download Now* button to download the file. + +. Open a terminal, go to the directory where the file was downloaded and enter: + +[source,bash] + +==== + +sudo dnf install flash-player-*.rpm + +==== + +You have successfully installed the Adobe Flash plugin and websites using Flash will now work on your browser.