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The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://code.google.com/p/ppapi/">PPAPI</a>, code-named “Pepper” aims to provide a layer between the plugin and browser that abstracts away differences between browser and operating system implementations.</p> <p>Because of this work, Adobe has been able to partner with Google in providing a “Pepper” implementation of Flash Player for all x86/64 platforms supported by the Google Chrome browser. Google will begin distributing this new Pepper-based Flash Player as part of Chrome on all platforms, including Linux, later this year.</p> <p>For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the “Pepper” API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe. Adobe will continue to provide security updates to non-Pepper distributions of Flash Player 11.2 on Linux for five years from its release.</p> <p>Flash Player will continue to support browsers using non-”Pepper” plugin APIs on platforms other than Linux.</p> <p>We will be providing a debug player implementation of the Flash Player browser plugin on Linux, and will update the whitepaper once we have more details on how it will be distributed.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="comments">  <div id="have-comments"> <h3 class="comment-header">COMMENTS</h3> <ul class="commentlist"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-12720"> <div class="comment-wrap" id="comment-12720"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> By Ron - 11:20 AM on February 22, 2012   <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20120223062713/http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html?replytocom=12720#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("comment-12720", "12720", "respond", "1203")">Reply</a></div> <div class="comment-body"> <p>Doesn’t the NS Plugin API accomplish the same purpose?</p> <p>If so, wouldn’t it be better to work with Mozilla to fix the flaws in the NS Plugin API?</p> <p>Or is there a non-technical rationale for creating a different API?</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-12737"> <div class="comment-wrap" id="comment-12737"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://fuseyism.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Andrew John Hughes</a> - 12:18 PM on February 22, 2012   <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/web/20120223062713/http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html?replytocom=12737#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("comment-12737", "12737", "respond", "1203")">Reply</a></div> <div class="comment-body"> <p>Does this mean that the proprietary Flash player won’t be available for Firefox? I don’t use it myself, but I can see a lot of people being annoyed by this (and people are already pretty annoyed about Flash to begin with).</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="respond"> <h3 class="comment-header">ADD A COMMENT</h3> <div class="cancel-comment-reply"> <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/web/20120223062713/http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flash-player-on-linux.html#respond" style="display:none;">Click here to cancel reply.</a></small> </div> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <label for="author">Name</label> <p> <input class="txt" type="text" name="author" id="author" class="textarea" value="" tabindex="1"/> </p> <label for="email">E-Mail</label> <p> <input class="txt" type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" tabindex="2" class="textarea"/> </p> <label for="url">Website</label> <p> <input class="txt" type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" tabindex="3" class="textarea"/> </p> <label for="comment">Comment</label> <p> <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="60" rows="10" tabindex="4" class="textarea"></textarea> </p> <div class="comment-form-submit"> <p> <input name="submit" id="submit" type="submit" tabindex="5" value="Post" class="submit-button"/>   <p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="b06117c3a4"/></p><input name="acp-preview" type="button" id="acp-preview" tabindex="6" value="Preview"/><div id="ajax-comment-preview"></div> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="1203" id="comment_post_ID"/> <input type="hidden" name="comment_parent" id="comment_parent" value="0"/> </p> </div> <p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="b06117c3a4"/></p></form> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="footer-inner"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/careeropp">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/misc/agreement.html">Permissions & Trademarks</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/">EULAs</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/antipiracy/">Report Piracy</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/contact.html">Contact Adobe</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="#">Security</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> Copyright © 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/misc/copyright.html">All Rights Reserved.</a><br/> Use of this website signifies your agreement to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/misc/privacy.html">Online Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223062713/http://www.adobe.com/misc/copyright.html">Terms of Use</a> <i>(updated 07/14/2009)</i> </div> </div> </div> <div id="bottom_shadow"></div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script></body> </html>