help needed for Ubuntu 8.04 on HP 6720s notebook

[(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando]

Olá Wulfy e a todos.

On Tuesday 02 September 2008 18:30:38 Wulfy wrote:
> (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 September 2008 08:18:36 Rod James Bio wrote:
> >> There had been problems with 64bit versions of Ubuntu. It seems that 
> >> there is not enough support for this architecture unlike the 32bit. So I 
> >> suggest that you replace your Ubuntu with the 32bit version.
> >
> > Please stop this blasfemy.
> > I have installed the 64bits and I dont face any more probs than users with 32 bits.
> > There used to be probs with Java and Flash, but that is no longer a problem.
> >
> Have Sun and Adobe released 64-bit plugins then?  That would be great as 
> that's the only reason I haven't moved to the 64-bit OS...  I really 
> find the idea of messing around with wrappers and chroots to be a funky 
> work-around not a solution.

nspluginwrapper (yes it is a wrapper) is stable enouth. Java is already FOSS (provided by Java Foundation) and in Main in Intrepid.
As for Adobe they still insist on doing proprietary formats, and wont compile for 64bits, AFAIK, and the wrapper handles that.

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