2009/1/26 Jesús Guerrero <[email protected]>: > > On Mon, January 26, 2009 20:39, Beso wrote: >> 2009/1/26 Jesús Guerrero <[email protected]>: >>> >>> The only reason I suggest you the alpha version is because previous >>> flash versions have not support for 64 bits, hence, you will need >>> multilib to use them. The latest alpha has finally been ported to >>> x86_64, which means that it's now a native 64 bit application, and >>> doesn't need multilib to run on a 64 bits system. >>> >> it's more correct to say that this version is ONLY 64bit and won't >> work for 32bit apps. > > Thanks for pointing it out. I had no idea that it was and x86_64 only > release. > and it's a linux only release. there isn't a 64bit release for other oses like windows or solaris. in fact it's hard masked in portage for this reason. the final release should have 64bit plugins for both windows, linux and osx, but maybe not for solaris. i think that this has been pushed out due to apple declaring that it will completely drop 32bit and use only 64bit on the next osx release. for this reason, adobe, which has as best customer apple users won't remain behind with this. i expect more 64bit releases for all adobe products until end of 2009, but maybe they will be at first available only for osx.
-- dott. ing. beso
