Has anyone got 64-bit browser + flash?

[zCypher]

Interesting. Thanks for the insight. What are your thoughts on Puppy?
Man there are so many. I liked the look of Mint, that's what drew my attention to it.

 

[zCypher]

I tried Puppy, quite amazing - I was up and running and online too in about a minute (from the cd)

so I tried Mint, and it was fast. I don't understand why though if it's Ubuntu! There's no more lag...
guess I shouldn't try too hard to figure it out?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I tried Puppy, quite amazing - I was up and running and online too in about a minute (from the cd)

Puppy is a minimalist distro, designed for low-power or older computers, which also loads entirely in RAM, so it shouldn't be a surprise that it's snappy. Just don't expect to find as many available packages as most distros.

so I tried Mint, and it was fast. I don't understand why though if it's Ubuntu! There's no more lag...
guess I shouldn't try too hard to figure it out?

That's interesting, but just to clarify, is Mint also 64-bit?

 

[zCypher]

Puppy is a minimalist distro, designed for low-power or older computers, which also loads entirely in RAM, so it shouldn't be a surprise that it's snappy. Just don't expect to find as many available packages as most distros.



That's interesting, but just to clarify, is Mint also 64-bit?

That's what I downloaded as far as I know. How can I verify it?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

That's what I downloaded as far as I know. How can I verify it?

Try this check your User Agent String.

 

[zCypher]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Linux Mint/9 (Isadora) Firefox/3.6.8

 

[Colt45]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Linux Mint/9 (Isadora) Firefox/3.6.8

^^

 

[Rifter]

Mint can be downloaded as both 32 and 64, same as ubuntu it just takes longer for the 64 bit version.

I used to always use mint but got tired of waiting for them to come out with the new versions cause it takes them a month or so after ubuntu, this time i stuck with ubuntu 10.04.

 

[zCypher]

Mint can be downloaded as both 32 and 64, same as ubuntu it just takes longer for the 64 bit version.

I used to always use mint but got tired of waiting for them to come out with the new versions cause it takes them a month or so after ubuntu, this time i stuck with ubuntu 10.04.

Yeah, I can understand that. I don't understand why my Ubuntu 10.04 setup seemed to lag so much more than the Mint setup. I even installed Minefield, and the exact same video drivers - it doesn't lag in Mint. Very weird.

I actually got Steam and CSS set up last night using PlayOnLinux. However, every time I try using it, I can play for 30 sec to 2 min and then CSS just closes automagically without notice or error.

I'm downloading Bioshock and Mass Effect from Steam overnight, so we'll see if I can play those at all. hehehee. probably not

 

[Nothinman]

It's possible it was something as stupid as Avahi or something causing DNS lookups to take a second longer here and there.

I'd check WineHQ before trying to play any games, that'll give you an idea of how easy it'll be to run that particular game.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I actually got Steam and CSS set up last night using PlayOnLinux. However, every time I try using it, I can play for 30 sec to 2 min and then CSS just closes automagically without notice or error.

From the "Known Issues" section of the CSS page on WineHQ:

Counter Strike crashes as soon as it starts or you join a game.
You most likely have other program(s) using sound. Run winecfg and select only ALSA sound driver. OSS is not the best choice anymore.

For Ubuntu 8.04 and up - kill/disable pulseaudio. It is not compatible with Wine. And will cause all sorts of problems if left running.

Another possible reason - you have "Steam Community In-Game" enabled. It does not work properly on Wine and causes all games to crash. Please disable it in settings -> In-game tab.

Game crashes after a few minutes. You can fix this by putting this file into your "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/YOURUSERNAME/counter-strike source/cstrike/resource" folder, or by applying this patch. See bug #7698 for more information.

Game crash after a while
To fix:
Run winecfg, click "Add application...", select "hl2.exe" (doesn't matter which one, only the filename is used, not the path) and click Open. Select "hl2.exe" in the list and change the "Windows version" to "Windows 98".

 

[zCypher]

Wow, thanks for the snippets! I was reading through some of the threads and saw stuff about directx, sound and other stuff. I will try the sound idea, that sounds like it might help. I already disabled the community thing though, no effect there.

Will post update tonight

 

[AnonymouseUser]

No problem. I would try the third option first since it's the simplest.

 

[zCypher]

I haven't got it working yet but last night was a bit too late to spend much time on it.

One weird thing I noticed though is that every time I reboot, Mint switches the audio device. So I'll have it plugged into my sblive and working fine, when I reboot the system is trying to use the onboard audio, so there's no sound. Reboot again and it's back to sblive!

HOwever, if I try to toggle the device myself , it does not actually change anything - I have to reboot to switch it back to the other audio device. WEIRD!

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I haven't got it working yet but last night was a bit too late to spend much time on it.

One weird thing I noticed though is that every time I reboot, Mint switches the audio device. So I'll have it plugged into my sblive and working fine, when I reboot the system is trying to use the onboard audio, so there's no sound. Reboot again and it's back to sblive!

HOwever, if I try to toggle the device myself , it does not actually change anything - I have to reboot to switch it back to the other audio device. WEIRD!

If you aren't actually using the onboard audio, why not just disable it in the BIOS?

 

[zCypher]

If you aren't actually using the onboard audio, why not just disable it in the BIOS?

I was having problems with the SBLive in 7 so I switched back to onboard. Guess I'll disable it and see what happens.

 

[Nothinman]

I'm surprised Win7 actually has drivers for an SBLive...

 

[zCypher]

I'm surprised Win7 actually has drivers for an SBLive...

I don't think it's officially supported, but there are ways

 

[zCypher]

I've been playing around with it for a little while now. I'm liking it a lot more ...
however, my wallpapers are stuck in black & white for some reason... gahhhh