Flash on Linux 64 bit (Jaunty Jackalope)

For me, Flash support has been an achilles heel on my 64 bit install. I don’t want to use wrapper and work arounds. I also think that if I have a 64 bit processor, I should be using it. I found this little nugget which works very well for me. Flash drops out very rarely, previously it would work after 3 refreshes. I sincerely hope that the next Adobe Flash update provides proper support to us linux users. ...

June 5, 2009 · 1 min · 78 words · Brandon Harris

Upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04

My upgrade from Intrepid to Jaunty went smoothly. I run off of a Dell Studio 15 with an external monitor at work. Unfortunately, this creates a virtual screen size greater than 2048×2048 which is an issue with the intel graphics driver, not compiz, so I unfortunately cannot enjoy the bling. However, when I am remote, compiz works great. Metacity is great, but after being spoiled by the eye candy it is hard to go back. This is coming from a guy whose favorite window manager was Enlightenment ...

April 23, 2009 · 2 min · 216 words · Brandon Harris