State of the 64bit?

Matt Ryanczak matt at ryanczak.org
Thu Aug 26 00:41:53 UTC 2010


  On 08/25/2010 08:25 PM, Avi Schwartz wrote:
> My question is whether the 64bit situation has improved? I know there is
> currently no 64bit version of flash for Linux (if there will ever be)
> but will the 32bit version run reasonably well in a 64bit environment?
> Good enough for YouTube, Hulu, etc? What about the ATI driver (the
> proprietary one)? Any other issues I need to take into consideration
> while making the decision?
I run 64bit Ubuntu on my laptop. flash works fine. It is 32bit but with 
the appropriate 32 bit libraries it "just works" all of which get 
installed when you install flash. Java seems to work fine too. It is 
worth noting that the nvidia drivers and other stuff required to support 
my hardware all work with out problems. I cannot speak to the ATI 
drivers stability but they are available via apt.




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