Yeah i tried that and then after a recent update it broke. On Jan 23, 2008 12:03 PM, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve wrote: > > I've used about every distro out there. > > > > Every 6 months or so I'll download the latest stable release from each > > major family of linux (RPM, DEB, Source Compiled etc) and give it a > > try. > > For the last 2 years I've been extremely pleased with my Ubuntu > > experience (Ubuntu family anyways), and use it pretty much > > exclusively. > > > > However as of late I'm growing more and more dis-satisfied with the > > Ubuntu x64 desktop experience. > > Flash and Java are both broken on my system, and try as I might I > > can't seem to repair them. > > Now this might be a problem with all versions of Linux in the x64 > > family, I haven't experimented enough to say for sure. > > But for me at least Flash and Java on x64 are nearly deal breakers for me. > > That's broken on every distro. Unless of course you install the 32-bit > plugin thunk, nspluginwrapper (availabe in package form on Ubuntu I > think). I have both Java and Flash running quite nicely on Fedora 8. > Although Fedora's native Java won't run most of the Java applets yet, so > I just install the normal 32-bit Sun JVM. Drop the plugin in place, > tell the 32-bit plugin thunk to refresh itself, and Firefox sees it just > fine. > > > > > That said, the Ubuntu family has the broadest support base out there, > > and people in the forums are usually pretty quick to solve any > > problems that you may run into. > > And they solve the 32-bit plugin problem too. > > > > > Sincerely, > > Steve > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > -- > Michael Torrie > Assistant CSR, System Administrator > Chemistry and Biochemistry Department > Brigham Young University > Provo, UT 84602 > +1.801.422.5771 > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
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