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Virtual machine/container that we can play flash clients after Jan 12 2021?


As it is announced years ago the Flash Player is going away. https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

However there are Flash apps that are not going away and even the end users don't use it, there is a value running them to see how the legacy systems worked.

So my question: is there a virtual machine image or container where we can still run flash players with the older versions of browsers and extensions? I see people are trying this approach but could not find a community effort.


Solution

  • Yes, there are virtual images that can do this.

    Let me list all steps, total process takes around 15 mins (assuming you have a high speed connection)

    I explained for virtual box but it is also doable for VMware.

    1 - Go to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and download and install Virtual Box

    2 - Go to https://www.osboxes.org/linux-lite/#linux-lite-4-vbox and download and unzip Linux Lite 4.0 (Beware it is a 1.3GB download!!)

    If you want VMware you can download VMware image too.

    I tried with Linux Lite 4.6, it also works but don't use a higher version, they won't work.

    3 - Create a new virtual machine (Linux, 64 bit) and select Linux Lite 4.0 (64bit).vdi as the "existing virtual harddisk file"

    4 - Start the machine.

    Username: osboxes Password: osboxes.org

    5 - Login, go to the Menu, hover over "Settings", and then open "Time and Date"

    6 - "Unlock" and set the "Configuration" as "Manual". Then select a date before Jan 12, 2021. ( It may sync the time to normal again, if so unselect-select Manual again and now it will keep the time as what you set)

    7 - Open Firefox, and go to your flash site such as : http://www.sfskids.org/play/

    8 - VoilĂ ! Music is there! and so your flash.