Anyone used 64-bit flash?


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It appears to be just fine, though Firefox hangs sometimes (you can close the browser windows, but it just won't die unless you kill it!), but I presume that is just a problem with Firefox 3.0.4... That release has had a number of problems and not just on Linux... Other browsers that use the same control appear to be just fine, however. Konqueror, Opera, etc....

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It appears to be just fine, though Firefox hangs sometimes (you can close the browser windows, but it just won't die unless you kill it!), but I presume that is just a problem with Firefox 3.0.4... That release has had a number of problems and not just on Linux... Other browsers that use the same control appear to be just fine, however. Konqueror, Opera, etc....

Sounds good. What about in comparison to 32-bit flash? Is it faster or slower, more or less stable?

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Well, so far it simply seems to use more resources, sometimes resulting in loss of speed, but then again it's pre-release. I'd recommend sticking with the 32-bit version for now, especially since the machine you're thinking about installing it on is used for work.

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Well, so far it simply seems to use more resources, sometimes resulting in loss of speed, but then again it's pre-release. I'd recommend sticking with the 32-bit version for now, especially since the machine you're thinking about installing it on is used for work.

Meh, they don't care. Heck, I install beta nvidia driver the other day.

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If your running 32bit flash within nspluginwrapper then by all means switch to the 64bit native flash plugin. If you are thinking of upgrading to x86_64, then its stable enough for general use, but if you depend on and it would be bad if flash crashed, then I'd probably stick with the x86 version.

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I'm thinking of installing 64-bit flash on my work desktop and was wondering if anyone here has used it? How fast is it? Is it stable? General opinions? Thanks.

very stable for an alpha build, i highly recommend it.

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Work better for me, Firefox feel faster with 64bit plugins. I installed IcedTea (Java) too, so I go ride of my last 32bit plugins and everything is faster. FullScreen mode don't crash anymore and the speed is a lot better in flash applet.

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