Alpha road test - Gnash 0.8.1
Flash is everywhere on the web nowadays. From YouTube (and the myriad of other video sites), to corporate websites, to online portfolios, a web experience without Flash Player installed isn’t really a complete web experience.
The problem with Flash Player is that it isn’t free software or open source. Well, it’s not necessarily a problem depending on your viewpoint on non-free software is, but even if you are pragmatic and do install the official Flash Player for Linux from Adobe, you have to install it manually, as most distributions don’t include it by default. And installing it manually can be a pain.
For some time, the GNU Project has been working to build a free replacement for Flash Player which implements the file format so you can enjoy Flash content while using GPL’d code, which solves the pre-install problem (vendors can safely bundle GPL code) and the non-free problem. That project is called Gnash.
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