Re: -64bit Ubuntu or 32bit?

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:37:46 +0100, * wrote:

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:31:21 -0500, Randy Yates wrote:

It's a non-issue, the solution is to use the 32 bit version of Firefox
which runs fine on 64 bit Linux. I'm using 64 bit Fedora with the 32
bit version of Firefox, the Java plugin works fine.

It IS an issue. I don't WANT to use a 32-bit version of Firefox - I
want to use the 64-bit version - because it's one of the applications I
use the most frequently and I want as much performance out of it that I
can get.

Why not avoiding altogether stupid sites that make compulsory usage of
java and useless flash animations and dropping them a mail instead?
Until Sun can get their act together, I don't need Java that badly.
Err, there *is* java 64 bit available since 2004... You don't need the
plugin, that is.

The Java plugin IS Java as far as most people are concerned. What would
you use Java for except to execute Java code from websites. However my
point was that you don't have to wait for a 64 bit Java plugin to take
advantage of 64 bit Linux. 32 bit Firefox works fine on 64 bit Linux, in
fact most if not all 32 bit Linux programs will work fine on 64 bit
Linux. There is no reason for a Linux user to be reluctant to move to 64
bit Linux because it has excellent backwards compatibility, it's very
mature, and all of the drivers work. It's not like Vista where there are
no drivers and terrible backward compatibility.
.

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