Comments for The Proliferation of Linux http://proliferationoflinux.org A blog on Linux and Open Source Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Wikipedia Comparison of netbooks by syncsync http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/08/30/wikipedia-comparison-of-netbooks/#comment-112 syncsync Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:15:44 +0000 http://www.proliferationoflinux.org/?p=661#comment-112 pls also consider <a href="http://laptopsmatrix.com/Netbooks/" rel="nofollow">Netbooks</a> page at laptopsmatrix. It includes netbook reviews and comparison pls also consider Netbooks page at laptopsmatrix. It includes netbook reviews and comparison

]]> Comment on ASUS N10 netnook, Eee PC without the Eee by ALLurGroceries http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/08/23/asus-n10-netnook-eee-pc-without-the-eee/#comment-111 ALLurGroceries Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:41:43 +0000 http://www.proliferationoflinux.org/?p=645#comment-111 I got Linux finally working on my ASUS N10, see this URL for my howto: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=315810 I got Linux finally working on my ASUS N10, see this URL for my howto:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=315810

]]> Comment on Powered by… by Tom Asaro http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/27/powered-by/#comment-110 Tom Asaro Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:27 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1160#comment-110 Thanks for the write up. Let us know if you need anything! Thanks for the write up. Let us know if you need anything!

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]]> Comment on Adobe releases Flash Player 10, still no 64-bit support by winandmac.com http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/15/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-still-no-64-bit-support/#comment-106 winandmac.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:56:19 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1110#comment-106 [...] [via The Proliferation of Linux] [...] [...] [via The Proliferation of Linux] [...]

]]> Comment on Adobe releases Flash Player 10, still no 64-bit support by Vadim P. http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/15/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-still-no-64-bit-support/#comment-105 Vadim P. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:08:20 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1110#comment-105 Yay. I really love AIR and acrobat.com (being a 64bit user too) Yay. I really love AIR and acrobat.com (being a 64bit user too)

]]> Comment on Adobe releases Flash Player 10, still no 64-bit support by Linux User http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/15/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-still-no-64-bit-support/#comment-104 Linux User Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:27:44 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1110#comment-104 IcedTea is derived from Sun's source. And I realize that gcj is not Sun software. It's currently just the shim to launch the JVM. That is a very,very small part of running an applet on a 64bit system. Totally different than say nspluginwrapper for 32bit flash. I have no idea why this is so difficult on gentoo. It's easy on Ubuntu and Fedora. My problem with your post is that you're comparing apples to oranges. Sun open sourced their software stack including the hotspot JVM and thousands of libraries. IcedTea, and later OpenJDK just fill in the gaps that Sun wasn't able to release because of third party components that they didn't hold rights to. What has Adobe done beside release buggy, 32bit-only binaries? IcedTea is derived from Sun’s source. And I realize that gcj is not Sun software. It’s currently just the shim to launch the JVM.
That is a very,very small part of running an applet on a 64bit system.

Totally different than say nspluginwrapper for 32bit flash.

I have no idea why this is so difficult on gentoo. It’s easy on Ubuntu and Fedora.

My problem with your post is that you’re comparing apples to oranges. Sun open sourced their software stack including the hotspot JVM and thousands of libraries. IcedTea, and later OpenJDK just fill in the gaps that Sun wasn’t able to release because of third party components that they didn’t hold rights to.

What has Adobe done beside release buggy, 32bit-only binaries?

]]> Comment on Adobe releases Flash Player 10, still no 64-bit support by Matt http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/15/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-still-no-64-bit-support/#comment-103 Matt Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:07:11 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1110#comment-103 NB. "[Installing IcedTea on a Gentoo system] requires the use of portage overlays. It may also require an upgrade to gcc which <b>can easily break your system</b>. Please only attempt this if you are comfortable with your system and prepared to suffer the consequences if it breaks." NB. “[Installing IcedTea on a Gentoo system] requires the use of portage overlays. It may also require an upgrade to gcc which can easily break your system. Please only attempt this if you are comfortable with your system and prepared to suffer the consequences if it breaks.”

]]> Comment on Adobe releases Flash Player 10, still no 64-bit support by Matt http://proliferationoflinux.org/2008/10/15/adobe-releases-flash-player-10-still-no-64-bit-support/#comment-102 Matt Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:03:41 +0000 http://proliferationoflinux.org/?p=1110#comment-102 @Linux User IcedTea is not a Sun product, in fact it was started by Red Hat in order to "make the OpenJDK software which Sun Microsystems released as free software in 2007 usable without requiring any other software that is not free software." Thus Sun does not, and has made no commitment to, release a 64-bit browser plug-in, just as I said in my post. I never claimed that it was impossible to get Java to work on a 64-bit system, I have done so myself on my Gentoo install. @Linux User

IcedTea is not a Sun product, in fact it was started by Red Hat in order to “make the OpenJDK software which Sun Microsystems released as free software in 2007 usable without requiring any other software that is not free software.”

Thus Sun does not, and has made no commitment to, release a 64-bit browser plug-in, just as I said in my post. I never claimed that it was impossible to get Java to work on a 64-bit system, I have done so myself on my Gentoo install.

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