[geeks] Needed: A good sparc workstation

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Mon Mar 9 12:57:59 CDT 2009


On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:09:28PM -0400, nate at portents.com wrote:
> > I have stability problems with FF3 on linux/x86_64, and I only use 2 up
> > to date plugins.  Every so often (could be days, could be several times
> > in a single day) it just exits.  I suspect that flash is to blame.
> 
> AFAIK, flash is in public alpha for x64_64 in Linux:
> 
> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
> "An alpha refresh of 64-bit Adobe Flash Player 10 for Linux operating
> systems was released on 2/24/09. The release versions of Flash Player 10
> for Windows, Macintosh, 32-bit Linux, and Solaris are now available from
> the Flash Player Download Center."
> 
> That would explain the instability you're seeing.

Even though it is linux/x86_64, I run i686 firefox and flash.



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