>Assuming you mean Firefox, remember that (Open)Solaris x86 runs on >both 32-bit and 64-bit with a single binary distro (unlike Linux, where AFAIK >a 64-bit kernel normally runs only 64-bit binaries, so 32-bit and 64-bit are >separate binary distros*). So to have 64-bit Firefox and still be able to run >Firefox on 32-bit, there would need to be two copies of everything: Firefox, >bundled plugins, etc. Not to mention every single one of the many shared >libraries that it depends on.
Many of the plugins are not available and, e.g., only an alpha version of 64 bit flashplayer is available for Linux. >Yes, on x86, a 64-bit binary is usually a little faster (not to mention being >able to address _much_ more memory). But is it enough faster to be worth >having two copies of something as big a browser? Or do you have so much >RAM on your box that having the browser grow past 2GB address space is >no big deal? I'd prefer to my firefox to die before it has leaked 4GB :-) So why do you really want a 64 bit firefox binary? "Mine goes to 11". Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
