On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Frank Cox theatre@sasktel.net wrote:
I use OO 3.2 from openoffice.org but I have never been able to find an x86_64 version of Firefox on the Mozilla website.
I just ran my FF and here's what it says in Help->About:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
I think with SeaMonkey version 2.0+ and FF 3.5+, they integrated the 64-bit builds into the main release, so you get what your CPU needs. Just guessing, but there it is.
OOo also recently incorporated proper 64-bit builds that work (as of 3.1, I think - I had problems with earlier 64-bit "builds").
64-bit builds are catching on, finally, with the advent of cheap 64-bit CPUs (like mine - the quad-core Athlon II X4 - $95 retail). All AMD Athlon IIs and the whole line of Intel multi-core CPUs is making 64-bit more commonplace, especially in business.
mhr