[opensuse-factory] Firefox 64bit 32bit question (again)
Hello, I know this is a overly and overly discussed topic. But nevertheless ... 11.0 is said to be the base of SLE11. So we need a Java capable browser on x86_64 systems. Here comes why: Remember all those RAID arrays, tape libraries, UPS, ... requiring a Java enabled browser to configure or administrate them. You better don't have them in your normal net, where your workstation is, but in a dedicated private net containing only servers. And no, I don't want to buy an extra machine for that and install a 32bit system on it. So please consider to supply either Firefox or Seamonkey as 32bit packages on a x86_64 installation without the need for manually forcing the packages (and dependencies too) from 64 to 32 bit. I know the standard reason against is "Sun has to give us a 64 bit plugin". But again we need a working Java enabled browser on 64 bit installations. And everybody who ever tried to use opera or konqueror and Java knows what I mean by "working". -- Best regards, Andreas Vetter Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Andreas Vetter wrote:
11.0 is said to be the base of SLE11. So we need a Java capable browser on x86_64 systems. Here comes why: Remember all those RAID arrays, tape libraries, UPS, ... requiring a Java enabled browser to configure or administrate them. You better don't have them in your normal net, where your workstation is, but in a dedicated private net containing only servers. And no, I don't want to buy an extra machine for that and install a 32bit system on it.
So please consider to supply either Firefox or Seamonkey as 32bit packages on a x86_64 installation without the need for manually forcing the packages (and dependencies too) from 64 to 32 bit.
I don't know the specific situation wrt Java, but have you tried 'nspluginwrapper' ? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
Andreas Vetter wrote:
11.0 is said to be the base of SLE11. So we need a Java capable browser on x86_64 systems. Here comes why: Remember all those RAID arrays, tape libraries, UPS, ... requiring a Java enabled browser to configure or administrate them. You better don't have them in your normal net, where your workstation is, but in a dedicated private net containing only servers. And no, I don't want to buy an extra machine for that and install a 32bit system on it.
So please consider to supply either Firefox or Seamonkey as 32bit packages on a x86_64 installation without the need for manually forcing the packages (and dependencies too) from 64 to 32 bit.
I don't know the specific situation wrt Java, but have you tried 'nspluginwrapper' ?
Does not and probably will never work with Java :-( It's a valid complaint. Would be nice to hear from some Java guy what's going on with Java on the 64bit front. I think that RedHat is going for IcedTea based on OpenJDK and Classpath until OpenJDK itself is real FOSS. ( http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page ) Wolfgang --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Per Jessen wrote:
I don't know the specific situation wrt Java, but have you tried 'nspluginwrapper' ?
Yes, and it does not work good enough. -- Cheers Andreas Vetter Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Andreas Vetter
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Per Jessen
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Wolfgang Rosenauer