Fedora Core 5 for AMD64 and Browser Plugins

[Dan]

Danny Ciarniello wrote:
> Rudolf Kastl wrote:
>
>> 2006/3/28, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>:
>>  
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:52:30PM -0800, Danny Ciarniello wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>> A thought just occured to me.  I am using a dual core Athlon 64.  I
>>>> wonder if firefox is having some SMP problems?
>>>>     
>>> No, that bug occurs on single-core AMD64s, too.
>>> I was suspecting a malfunctioning extension.
>>>
>>> It's good to learn the problem can be fixed by
>>> reverting to 32-bit Firefox. The bug has driven me
>>> to drink, and my wife to XP/OS X.
>>>   
>>
>> The bug in itsself are the non free browser plugins :). Reverting to
>> 32 bit browser is a workaround not a fix cause the plugins are non
>> free and therefor one has to wait until some companys manage to build
>> 64 bit versions of their plugins (if ever.)
>>
>> regards,
>> Rudolf Kastl
>>
>> p.s. i just drop crap like flash and am happily using a 64 bit only os
>> with only free components... a 32 bit browser pulls in 32 bit libs
>> which eats up extra ram...
>>
>>  
>>
> I figured the SMP thought was a shot in the dark and it was more 
> likely to be 32-bit plugin issues.  As far as dropping non-free 
> plugins is concerned, it all depends on the websites that one 
> frequents and the experience that one wants from them.  For myself, 
> it's not an option to be without flash, java or realplayer so I have 
> opted for the 32-bit solution.  And going from an 800MHz PIII with 512 
> MiB of RAM to an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 1 GiB of RAM means that I 
> don't really notice any issues with pulling in extra libs.  Hopefully 
> macromedia, sun and real will soon get with it and provide 64-bit 
> plugins.
>
> Dan.
>
With the release of several 64-bit versions of Vista that will probably 
be widely used, maybe the need will become more apparent. I'm not even 
sure how to get 64-bit firefox/seamonkey for my x64 XP. In my opinion, 
those three are dropping the ball, though.
-Another Dan