Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Rahul Sundaram writes:
Sam Varshavchik wrote:
However, nothing stops you from installing 32 bit Firefox, which will
run just fine on a 64 bit Fedora install.
You don't have to do that. Fedora by default installs nspluginwrapper
which works with the 32-bit plugins on 64-bit arch. It also has the
advantage of adding more stability and security (via SELinux policy)
by separating the plugins into different process.
Maybe, but I was never able to get it to work. Installing
nspluginwrapper didn't seem to have any effect. Flash never showed up as
a registered plugin in Firefox, and there was absolutely no feedback
whatsoever, regarding what the problem might be.. When you install the 64-bit distro, you can still run 32-bit apps, and some of them are even included in the 64-bit repos, like firefox.
Installing 32-bit firefox is probably the easier solution, unless you're so low
on disk space that you can't afford the 32-bit libraries. You probably don't
want firefox using more than 3 GB of memory at a time anyway. We include
firefox.i386 in the x86-64 repos because many people prefer this solution.
The 64-bit kernel has a much easier time with memory management on boxes with 1
GB or more memory, so even if you're running 32-bit apps, it can still help with
performance. If you install 32-bit, and want to go 64-bit, you'll need to do a
full reinstall.
-- Chris
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