Finally got around to downloading the Alpha of Adobe Flash Player 64-bit for Linux to try it out, and I have to say it feels good. My desktop box at home is no slouch, but clearly the old 32-bit wrapper and plugin combo was holding back Firefox badly – I notice it loads a little more snappily and heavy Flash-laden pages load much more smoothly and quickly.

Normally I wouldn’t endorse an Alpha to anyone but cutting-edge users, but I have to make an exception here. I’m going to keep using it until I come across a major show-stopper such as Firefox lockups or what-not.

If you’d like to try out the 64-bit plugin for yourself, here’s what you have to do.

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