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On 08/26/2010 10:07 AM, Tarun Khanna wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTik0aYD0FNzmzE9SiPL14CW077Fs65cdu9_6cVmH@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I have been using 64bit Ubuntu since 9.04. I had
trouble earlier with flash and had to go through hoops to get it
to work. It always did work in the end, after some work though.
However now it works just fine through the adobe-flashplugin
package in the Ubuntu repository. I haven't tried java though.<br>
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good luck.<br>
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Tarun<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Avi
Schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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I am currently running 10.04 in with a 32bit kernel on my Dell
Studio<br>
XPS 16 laptop but I am considering switching to 64bit mainly
because my<br>
machine has 8GB RAM of which the 32bit version sees only 3GB.<br>
<br>
Few years ago I tried running 64bit but found the experience
lacking to<br>
put it mildly for a desktop. There were issues with Java,
Flash and<br>
other proprietary software.<br>
<br>
My question is whether the 64bit situation has improved? I
know there is<br>
currently no 64bit version of flash for Linux (if there will
ever be)<br>
but will the 32bit version run reasonably well in a 64bit
environment?<br>
Good enough for YouTube, Hulu, etc? What about the ATI driver
(the<br>
proprietary one)? Any other issues I need to take into
consideration<br>
while making the decision?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Avi</font><br>
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OK, I took the plunge and installed 10.10 64bit on my Dell Studio
XPS. So far most of everything I tried seems to work fine except
when I try to install Tweetdeck from their web site. Clicking on the
flash based install button (on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/streaming">http://www.tweetdeck.com/streaming</a>
for example) does nothing at all. I tried with both the Ubuntu
"official" plugin and with the latest beta of the Adobe 64bit flash
plugin obtained from the Adobe labs. I suspect that the problem is
with the web site since other sites seem to work fine.<br>
<br>
Avi<br>
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