Just to add to that, it looks like firefox gets around the arch
difference by using ndiswrapper for flash. So it's not a native
libflash. I noticed it this morning when i went to find out what was
pushing up my cpu usage so much.

- Karl

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:32 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>  Hey Karl,
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>  That's great to hear - I'll do the same upgrade on my desktop, and
>  hope my experience is as good as yours!
>
>  Looking forward to being able to harness the 64bit goodness of my AMD
>  Phenom.. :D
>
>  Cheers,
>  Frode
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>  On 4/4/08, Karl Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > Hey guys,
>  > Just a quick note for those interested, I upgraded my laptop from
>  > gutsy-i386 to hardy-amd64 (clean install).
>  > Firefox brings up a plugin search box on a flash supporting page and
>  > installs flash rather easily.
>  > I have not tested java support in firefox.
>  > skype needed a ignore tag from memory when installing the deb, but
>  > runs great. vmware amd64 runs great too.
>  > And acidrip times have mildly improved.
>  > Nvidia video driver was as easy as going to the restricted drivers box
>  > and enabling it. Wine work as normal too.
>  >
>  > So far, really happy. 4gb of ram in the laptop really helps with a few
>  > vm's open too.
>  >
>  > - Karl
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