The open source and adobe flash player alternative Lightspark 0.6.0.1 has been released, according to the announcement, this is a major release that comes with a lot of improvements and bug fixes.
– Enable RTMP supÂport by default, requires librtmp
– Fixed supÂport for IEventÂDisÂpatcher impleÂmenÂtaÂtion patÂtern
– Improved seriÂalÂizaÂtion robustÂness
– Improved matrix hanÂdling
– ImpleÂment string and nameÂspace poolÂing to reduce memÂory conÂsumpÂtion
– Proper supÂport for priÂvate nameÂspaces
– Improved supÂport for fonts
– SupÂport LLVM 3.1
– Fix full volÂume issue when PulseAuÂdio flat volÂumes are enabled
– IniÂtial supÂport for AIR deskÂtop appliÂcaÂtions
– SupÂport for www.bbc.co.uk video player
– For Ubuntu and LinuxMint
For installation of Lightspark 0.6.0.1 in Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and LinuxMint12 and 13, use the official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sparkers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lightspark
–Â Lightspark on Fedora:
lightspark is available in RPM Fusion for Fedora 13 and above, to install :
– Standalone player :
su -c ‘yum install lightspark –enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates-testing’
– Mozilla plugin :
su -c 'yum install lightspark-mozilla-plugin --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates-testing'