[lug] 64-bit Linux and Java browser plugins

Walter Pienciak wpiencia at thunderdome.ieee.org
Thu Jan 10 15:58:37 MST 2008


On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 01:42:32PM -0700, Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> Flash is the other sticky point as far as 64-bit and plugins, though nspluginwrapper helps with flash (though not with java).
> 
> It looks like it is finally coming with java 1.7
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4802695
> 
> Hugh

Thanks for that link, Hugh.  I found the comment thread
really, really interesting.

1.7 is expected out in early 2009?  SUN's behavior is
incomprehensible to me.  They sell 64-bit workstations with
desktop environments.

Walter



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