On Apr 7, 2005 1:28 PM, dragoran <dragoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote: > > > Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > > >>> Which would scare (new) users into thinking "Linux isn't userfriendly", > >>> choose not to learn it (scared of at early stage), tell others this, > >>> and > >>> choose non-Linux solutions over Linux ones - which may in turn be bad > >>> for future RH revenue. > >>> > >> > >> > >> Right...choosing non-linux 64bit solutions over 64bit linux. Remind me > >> again... what are the 64bit non-linux solutions for PC hardware right > >> now? Isn't windows 64bit xp still in some sort of beta phase? > >> New users.. running amd 64bit hardware (thats what we are talking > >> about really arent we).. can just as easily choose 32bit fedora core.. > >> and avoid this sort of crap completely. Or.. they can wait till MS > >> 64bit XP lands and macromedia finally feels significant market > >> pressure to get off their asses and build a 64bit versions of their > >> plugins. In the meantime we can all hope and pray that svg magically > >> matures and someone crafts professional development tools for it to > >> challenge macromedia in the marketplace and we a no longer held > >> hostage by macromedia to get our required dosage of pointless > >> interactive web experience. > >> > >> > > Well , given that windows xp 64 finally reached gold status and should > > be on stores soon, maybe things could change... > > Or not... I dont have any numbers on the number of sales of 64 bit > > processors , but given the huge amount of 32 bit processors around , I > > guess we'll have to wait a little more untill x86_64 processors become > > more widespread before macromedia and other vendors port their closed > > source programs to 64 bits... > > > > -- > > Pedro Macedo (who likes to browse the web on 64 bit without all that > > annoying flash thingies ;) ) > > > http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > I've heard the gplflash crashes firefox often. I will try it tonight if I get a chance. Until Macromedia releases a 64bit version, this is what I do. yum remove firefox grab firefox from mozilla.org and install it. grab flash 7, install it.