Re: Debian 6 64-bit and Openbox: Opinions, Suggestions, Pitfalls.
--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 27 feb 11, 22:05:16, Patrick
> Bartek wrote:
> >
> > Nope. Going 64-bit all the way. Have the CD
> burned and everything.
> > All previous Fedora installs on this machine have been
> 64-bit. I see
> > no reason to change. I'm aware of 64-bit
> pitfalls: mainly, the lack
> > of a 64-bit Flash plugin that isn't an alpha or
> beta. I may just
> > install a 32-bit browser (and proper 32-bit libraries)
> and use 32-bit
> > plugins. I did this with Fedora 6 64-bit and
> never had any problems.
> > I've never had good results wrapping 32-bit plugins.
>
> That sounds complicated, how about this: activate non-free
> and
>
> apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>
> (works fine also on amd64)
Is this really Flash 64-bit or just a wrapped 32-bit one? What version?
The reason I ask is the only 64-bit version being distributed currently by Adobe is a 10.2 preview called Square. (By "preview" I'm thinking pre-alpha.) It was released Feb. 2011. Adobe removed all previous 64-bit versions from their development site, Adobe Labs, last year sometime due to a bad security flaw, and started a new Flash development cycle from the ground up. Or so they said.
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