From: Ilya Konstantinov (linux-il_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Fri 13 Jan 2006 - 21:13:16 IST
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>> It's nothing particular to your configuration, but rather how all
>> x86_64 systems work, whether Linux or Windows.
>>
> I understand all of that, too. My point is that I don't want to
> install all sorts of apps and dependencies in 2 versions, maintain all
> that, and, say, run the 64bit version by default and switch to the
> 32bit one when I need to view a flash. I have little need for flash,
> really - I just mentioned that as a part of my report. You know, one
> thing that still does not work.
>
There's no harm in simply running the i386 version of Mozilla/Firefox
without even installing the x86_64 version. It works just as well.
> MacroMedia's plugins for Windows and Mac are at v. 8, the Linux
> variant is still at v. 7, so maybe they will update it at some
> point. This situation has been going on for many months now.
>
At one of Macromedia's blog posts, they've said that they did plenty of
low-level optimizations so an x86_64 version isn't trivial, but they're
doing it.
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