Flash High CPU Usage on Intrepid: a better solution

There is a better alternative to solve the Flash High CPU usage on the Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10, using a possible official patch. This patch will generate a new .deb that can be installed and removed using the Debian’s Package Manager. To quickly install just follow the commands below on a Terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal).

sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot devscripts
cd /tmp
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17178225/flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.1.218%2B10.0.0.569ubuntu1.debdiff
apt-get source flashplugin-nonfree
sudo apt-get build-dep flashplugin-nonfree
cd flashplugin-nonfree-10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1
patch -p1 < ../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.1.218+10.0.0.569ubuntu1.debdiff
debuild -uc -us
sudo dpkg -i ../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.1.218+10.0.0.569ubuntu1_i386.deb

This will generate a .deb and install it.

Update: patch was misspelled. Thanks Doug!

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