Census 2006 -- Linux is OK after all
Brandon Sandrowicz
brandon-77Z/iqU1yLlrovVCs/uTlw at public.gmane.org
Wed May 17 05:52:23 UTC 2006
Don't know which distro you are running, but it might be possible to
create a chroot for 32-bit apps with it's own RPM repository. I
remember seeing that as a solution to some 32-bit only apps when
running Debian Sarge x86_64. (Looked up the link: https://
alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-
howto.html#id271998)
On May 17, 2006, at 1:41 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Alex Beamish <talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | "In response to demand, Statistics Canada has removed the
> restriction for
> | Linux. This change takes effect May 13th, 2006."
> |
> | http://www22.statcan.ca/ccr02/ccr02_003_e.htm
> |
> | This seems to support the hypothesis that barring Linux browsers
> from taking
> | the census was a bad decision -- or at least, not one based on
> reality.
> | That's pretty cool.
>
> I am still out of luck. There is no Java plugin for x86_64. I don't
> know why. There is a free-as-in-beer JRE & JDK from Sun -- I
> installed it to try to do the census form. It just does not include a
> browser plugin.
>
> I considered removing 64-bit Firefox and replacing it with a 32-bit
> version, but the RPM system balked -- too many dependencies (this is
> Fedora Core 5). I imagine I could have installed an extra Firefox,
> but this was getting too messy.
>
> Question for those who did it online: in what way is Java exploited?
> Could the job have been done as well without it?
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