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Is Flash typically slow on Linux?

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Mar 15, 20267602 views
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Specifically, I'm running Mint 8 (Helena). I'm extremely new to Linux, and was searching for a solution that was user-friendly and GUI oriented. The box won't be used for much other than web browsing and word processing. Anyway, it runs relatively smoothly, except for Youtube videos... especially f…

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No, flash is not typically slow under Linux. Since you mention slow fullscreen video, are you sure 2D hardware acceleration is working in your setup? If it doesn't, software acceleration will be used, and it is much slower.

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