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2010/12/9 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>: |
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> Related to Dale's new machine/Gentoo 64-bit questions one other thing |
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> popped into my frazzled mind this morning that I've been meaning to |
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> ask. |
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> Sometime ago Flash for 64-bit was masked due to 64-bit security |
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> issues. I started using Firefox-bin and the 32-bit version of Flash. |
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> (At least that's the way I understand what's getting emerged. I don't |
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> much care. It works...) |
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> Anyway, what's the status of all of that? It seems Duncan maybe has a |
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> workable Flash plugin for his browser. What's state of the art these |
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> days for either multi-lib or 64-bit only systems? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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I haven't kept strictly up to date, but it's my understanding that |
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since then a new 64bit version has been released. And some new |
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security problems, it's flash after all, and two more releases I |
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think. So there's a "proper" 64-bit version out, if you consider |
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flash/binary proper. |
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On a related note, the alternative flash player lightspark has reached |
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a "actually useful for youtube some of the time" status, and the |
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current RC is supposed to improve this. Help me flattr the guys |
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lightspark blog posts and you can soon ditch another binary package. |
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:D |
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