On 12/06/11 16:58, yuri wrote: > Hi CLUG, > > we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. > I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I > don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM. > > Any compelling reason to install a 64 bit distro? > If there's no 64 bit flash player yet, then that's a deal breaker and > we'll stick to 32 bit. > > Cheers > Yuri > > Regarding flash, I can happily report that both my main work and home desktop machines, 64bit Natty, both have functioning flash including (importantly) sound. This is the first time I have got to this state. I have not made any effort to fix/install/do anything other than a distro upgrade. Something of a relief. I can't say why, I'd only guess that it's due to sufficient maturing on the part of Ubuntu/Adobe/developers and don't care, happy in the knowledge that it Just Works. I long ago tired of the random outcome of the next flash or distro update and what state I would find things in, and what the solution might be (it seemed that it was always a different cause/solution).
Only minor issue I can comment on is a flickering and invisibility of the progress bar in the player on the home desktop, which I currently have no energy for investigating. Cheers, Roger _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
