[Novalug] laptop ram

[Matt Ryanczak]

apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree openjdk-6-jre


On 09/28/2011 04:42 PM, jecottrell3 at comcast.net wrote:
> This is almost completely true. The few exceptions are things that are imported from the outside world, like the Flash you get from Adobe. For awhile, you had to remove your 64 bit Firefox, and install the 32 bit one, because Flash only ran in 32 bit more. ISTR similar things with 64 bit Java not working either, altho I believe that both seem to be fixed nowadays.
> 
> JIM
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Ryanczak" <ryanczak at gmail.com>
> To: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:00:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] laptop ram
> 
> I've been 64bit on Linux on the desktop for quite a few years now and
> have not encountered any issues. 32 bit apps/plugins work just fine on a
> 64bit system assuming the correct libraries are installed. Things mostly
> just work with modern Linux distributions in my experience. 64bit Ubuntu
> is my primary desktop at the moment and I can't think of anything that
> is broken or unavailable to me because of 64bit.
> 
> 
> On 09/28/2011 02:58 PM, John Place wrote:
>> For workstations/desktops I still gravitate to 32bit because a few apps 
>> occasionally run into issues with 64bit or sometimes not available at 
>> all.. It seems (to me anyhow) to to be a tier 2 platform for some of the 
>> desktop app maintainers. PAE works for me, I I dont plan to have a 
>> single application address that much memory. I have not seen a 
>> performance hit thus far. For servers I deploy on 64bit because (in 
>> general) those apps seem to be on the radar.
>>
>> I generally try to "run with the pack" so I am not going to be a fringe 
>> case...
>>
>> Just my two cents...
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 09/28/2011 02:47 PM, David A. Cafaro wrote:
>>> Still
>>> it's not a bad solution if you can't go native 64bit.
>>
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