On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:24:42 -0400 csnook@xxxxxxxxxx (Chris Snook) wrote: > 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. Note: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-Desktop.html#sn-Enabling-Flash-Plugin and http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Desktop.html#sn-Enabling-Flash-Plugin > 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. No we don't. ;) This is not the case in f9. In f8 firefox was multiarch due to the firefox-devel package. With the move to xulrunner, firefox in f9 is no longer multi-arch, meaning the i386 version is not available in the default x86_64 repos. > 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 kevin
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