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What about plugins for Firefox? I found they were unavailable when I was
running 64bit Ubuntu and that prompted me to abandon 64bit Ubuntu for OpenSuse.
Currently I run 32bit Ubuntu on an Athlon 64 X2 based system because I'm
addicted to some of those plugins.
Eric
jeff wrote:
> Because I enjoy pain, I loaded 9.04 64bit on a new quad-core box at
> work. The 32bit version hasn't been an issue.
>
> The 64bit OS is *fast*. Or at least the box runs it quickly.
> I am told there are a few things that don't like to run, such as certain
> multimedia apps, but that's not a concern. I heard Flash is a problem
> but if I can't run Flash then it's a PERFECT OS :) Everybody should use it.
>
> There's a great app called AutoScan Network that's halfway between
> inventory and IDS. It was fairly solid once it got running (somewhat
> shaky til then) on 8.10 but I'm having all sorts of trouble with it on
> 9.04/64 It keeps getting frozen or disappearing entirely. There's a
> newer version that refuses to do much more than come up.
>
> Am I an idiot (a bigger one?) to try 64bit or is this perhaps confined
> to this app? Thus far the other apps are working but I'm only a day
> into the project.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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