I recently installed Kubuntu 64-bit on my desktop, which went off without a hitch - about 20 minutes to install and I had a working dual boot system (the other OS being Windows XP 64-bit).

I have to say the windows install was more trouble than the Ubunut install, mainly in XP’s lack of a SATA driver.

I have come across one problem of which I have no solution - yet.

Flash 9 is not supporting the x64 architecture. After downloading the .tar.gz file for Flash 9, and following Adobe’s instructions on their Flash 9 download page, I got the following error:


$ ./flashplayer-installer

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.


This is a bummer for me, as one site I regularly use everyday requires Flash. I’m even more disappointed that a major web site does not realize the inaccessibility of using Flash.

Here are a few threads about Flash 9 and getting it to work on Linux + 64-bit (actually, that is a mis-statement), because it requires you convert your browser and kernel to 32-bit…now what’s the fun in that?

1. ubuntu
2. adobe blog

My advice? Don’t support these “flash-only” sites…find an alternative. Another work-around is to install Opera + ia32-libs ;)