Linux on an AMD64 box...

[Jamon Camisso]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:40:21AM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote
> | 
> | > So, is Flash on a 64bit machine possible?  If so, how?
> | 
> |   Have you considered simply pretending that it's a 32-bit machine, and
> | running in 32-bit mode?  Right now, there's no "64-bit-only killer-app".

<snip>

> Debian does not yet support "multiarch".  Hence Debian 64-bit users,
> if they need to run 32-bit programs, do so in a chroot environment.  I
> would *guess* that this is an effort to set up.

Not necessarily. I've been using 64bit Ubunutu on my home machine for 
about 8 months now and don't have a chroot setup. I do have flash and 
java working with firefox too. Take a look here:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202537

It should be trivial to do the same with a Debian testing system.

Jamon
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