I've run 64-bit Ubuntu on a laptop and a server since Gutsy and have been on the Hardy set of packages for the past few months. With Gutsy, like Ed the only problem was with Firefox codecs that I never bothered to get working. Flash beginning with 9 worked fine and I haven't tried Java again yet. I'm planning on doing a fresh install of Hardy on both machines soon.
Kevin On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Ed Kohlwey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had one issue with the Firefox Java plugin not installing under Gusty > 64, and also remember that although Flash was supposed to be automated, > the Firefox-based automatic installer somehow messed it up, and I had to > uninstall and reinstall proprietary flash several times through apt to > get it working right. > > I've successfully done 2 Hardy installs (both during the beta period) > without either issue, so I imagine they've been fixed. > > I also prefer to run Eclipse out of my home folder, and prefer not to > build it from source. This meant having to install 32-bit Java and > supporting libraries (misc. GTK stuff). I consider this more of an > Eclipse issue than an Ubuntu issue, since they really should publish an > official 64 bit build, but it was annoying nonetheless. > > Ubuntu should run decently on any relatively new PC. Mine is a little > under 2 years old and runs as fast or faster (with all the Linux goodies > you can think of: Compiz Fusion, Screenlets, etc.) than it does in > Windows. > > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 13:13 -0400, Nick Cummings wrote: > > > I got a Althlon 64 X2 a while back. When I first got it I > dutifully > > > downloaded the amd64 version of ubuntu (edgy, I think; I don't > > > remember), but I found that lots of stuff (mostly proprietary > > > software, > > > like flash, skype, etc.) didn't have a 64-bit version. You could > use > > > the 32-bit version, of course, but then you needed to get all the > > > 32-bit > > > libraries, and this wouldn't just work automagically through apt, > and > > > the file hierarchy wasn't really setup to have parallel versions > > > of all > > > the libraries, so you had to fool with things to get all the > > > software to > > > find the right libraries, etc., etc. Basically, it sounded like a > > > huge > > > hassle, and it didn't seem worth the effort at the time. > > > > > > How is the amd64 version of Ubuntu these days? Do these problems > > > still > > > exist, or have they worked it out so that you can use 32-bit > software > > > where needed without too much trouble? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > >
