Flash 10 High CPU usage on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

When I try to use the Flash 10 that comes in the repository I suffer from a very high CPU usage on websites that contain Flash animations.

A temporary solution while the version in the repository is not fixed is to use the Adobe’s version installed manually. To do so, follow the steps bellow:

  1. Go to http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
  2. Download the Linux .tar.gz version
  3. Extract it to a temporary directory
  4. Execute the flashplayer-installer
  5. Answer the questions

Now the issues related to the high cpu usage shall disappear.

PS: The FlashBlock still doesn’t work

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5 Responses to “Flash 10 High CPU usage on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid”

  1. rofl_man Says:
    December 15, 2008 at 9:50 pm | Reply

    I don’t know. I’m trying it right now I’ll get back to you later.

  2. rofl_man Says:
    December 15, 2008 at 11:35 pm | Reply

    Hi, I’m back with my results.

    I installed the Ubuntu package for this version of flash.

    I do average lower CPU usage when just browsing sites that have flash ads on them.

    When I’m on Youtube and not playing my usage is 5-7% avg, and when I’m playing a video on there it is 40-55%.

    I ran this test with 7 tabs open. My normal tab load is 12+ on average (college student).

    I’m on a laptol AMD Turion X2 1.6Ghz, 4GB RAM, 100GB HDD, wireless internet, on Ubuntu.

    Then again you have some sites that have a ton of unnecessary JavaScript and nonsense flash.

  3. moos Says:
    December 20, 2008 at 3:38 pm | Reply

    nope.. doesn’t work.

  4. Kenny Says:
    December 24, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Reply

    I also have installed the new one from adobe, and seen a big cpu reduction especially in fullscreen playback.

    I am using 64bit plugin direct from adobe. It is still an alpha build but clearly getting better.

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