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On 08/25/2010 07:35 PM, Thomas Yao wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Avi Schwartz wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I am currently running 10.04 in with a 32bit kernel on my Dell Studio
XPS 16 laptop but I am considering switching to 64bit mainly because my
machine has 8GB RAM of which the 32bit version sees only 3GB.
Few years ago I tried running 64bit but found the experience lacking to
put it mildly for a desktop. There were issues with Java, Flash and
other proprietary software.
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?
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I DO NOT recommand you switch to 64-bit version due to the flash
pluggin usually crashed under the system. I just switch back to 32bit
weeks ago cuz I can't bear such kind of problem any more.
Just like you I often go to Youtube so it's really important for a
working flash pluggin.
And you can install the linux-image-pae package via aptitude to get
the big memory support(>4GB) for 32bit.
Next time, try google before you ask the question, you'll get answer
easier and faster than post your question on the mailing list :)
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information about your flash experience. I was afraid this is what I
was going to find.
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most of the information I found was about older version of Ubuntu and I
wanted to know if the experience improved with 10.04.
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