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I run 64-bit flash, you insensitive clod!

Meme aside, I am. And, before it came out, I was running the 32-bit flash on Linux/AMD64 just fine, even with 64-bit browsers. At least under firefox. Under konqueror, konqueror would crash sometimes, though I've not had that crash in a while now - probably fixed in KDE 4.3.3.

FYI: nspluginwrapper is what you need to run 32-bit plugins with 64-bit firefox (and konqueror, and, presumably, chromium).

First a slight correction: Adobe flash v9 came out of beta in January this year.
Then an addition of a third available option:

In my opinion, a virtualised or emulated environment is often a much better choice for running old applications than a tacked-on compatibility layer. For one thing, it's a lot easier for it not to take any system resources if you aren't using it.

The only thing I use Classic for is running a few old games. On OS X86, I'm told that SheepShaver now works adequately.

you should try Gwenole Beauchesne's nspluginwrapper . Linux.com says: The screenshot you see here shows the Adobe Flash plugin -- a 32-bit, i386-only download -- running happily inside a 64-bit AMD64 build of Firefox. Beauchesne lists Flash, Adobe Reader (formerly known as Acrobat Reader), DejaVu Libre, JPEG2000, Mplayerplug-in, and RealPlayer as working "reasonably well" at this time.

You could try nspluginwrapper.

You can use nspluginwrapper. It seems to work with flash 9 also. You just need to get 0.9.90.3 from a mandriva x86_64 cooker mirror and alien -cv *.rpm, and follow instructions in:

http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:nsplugin wrapper

0.9.90.1 that's available in the official site doesn't work with new firefoxes, so you really need to get 0.9.90.3 from mandriva.

I use this to have flash working with my 64 bits firefox. It works... more or less, it crashes firefox sometimes :-(

You can use nspluginwrapper to run 32 bit flash inside 64 bit Firefox. Home page here - http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:nsplugin wrapper.

You should check this http://www.gibix.net/projects/nspluginwrapper pluggin wrapper, it sometime have a few hickups but most of the time it works quite well. :-D

There's a emulator called SheepShaver which will emulate a PowerPC Mac running System 7.5 thru 9.0.4, and it has been ported for Intel Macs.

Here's a support thread with guys talking about the practicalities of using it as a Classic environment on their Intel Macs:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060 509180914879

No wait... seriously, if it weren't for games, I'm not sure but I think I would have switched to FreeBSD 6.0, and even upgraded my box to a Mac OS X capable box with an ATI card.

No wait... seriously, if it weren't for games, I'm not sure but I think I would have switched to FreeBSD 6.0, and even upgraded my box to a Mac OS X capable box with an ATI card.

You can already run non-Apple OSes in a window on the Intel-based Macs by way of the Q Project (based on the open source QEMU). Commercial virtualization solutions are being worked on by VMWare, Microsoft, and Parallels, among others. Parallels' Workstation 2.1 for Mac OS X appears to be first to market (althought it, like Boot Camp, is beta software).

No, Apple will not bring Classic to the Intel Macs. Classic is dead. But there is a solution:

SheepShaver is a classic Mac emulator:

http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepsha ver

It needs a Mac ROM (which can be gotten from an iMac firmware update that can be downloaded from Apple), and a Mac OS 9.1 image. It's a little tedious to set up the first time, but once done, it's very portable and can be used on any Intel-based Mac.

Actually, Classic is not dead... it is just not supported. There are people trying to get Classic running on the Intel Macs. Most people will of course not care. Most "switchers" have never even seen Classic, so they could care less. If you really need to run Classic on your Intel Mac, check out this site:
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepsha ver

Ok, I hate to say it, but I have six Macs and four IBM PCs. I used to try to get my Macs to run Windoze and Linux at the same time. Never could get it to do that and couldn't afford the really expensive Macs. WindowsXP does do this. Even with all of the other problems, handicaps, and whatnots that M$ puts into WindowsXP - the people at Cygwin have put together a great version of Linux for the average user to use. And if you work at it long enough and hard enough you can get Basilisk II up and running and then you can use pre-PowerPC software (which I just happen to have).

This has allowed me to have the best of all three worlds: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. Further, all three OSs can be up and running at the same time which, with today's computers, is a lot faster than the old Macs used to run and strangely enough - the Mac emulator doesn't crash. Well, that's not quite the way to say that. I mean that even though the emulated Mac crashes - it doesn't take the emulator with it. I've run a lot of emualtors and most of them actually crash when the emulated OS crashes, but the Basilisk emulator doesn't seem to do that. It just lets you reboot the system and continue on from there. Which is kind of weird and freaky to me since I'm thinking I should be pushing the reset button or something.

Anyway, since you bashed Windows (and who doesn't!) I thought I'd say that, at least for me, WindowsXP is not a bad thing. (Oh darn it! Now I've jinxed myself!)

BTW: My predicitions for 2006 are:

Intel buys TiVO to help jump start it's entry into that area and Intel hooks up with a small phone producing company to try to get its CPUS et al into proprietary phone systems. They want to have the first truly portable phone computer that will work more like a PDA than a phone. Unfortunately, it weighs twenty pounds and uses DRM software that makes it impossible to listen to your messages without first paying a fee for each and every message. This is not to mention the unfortunate side effect caused by the quantum engine which makes your ear appear in two places at once.

Nokia will make the announcement that they are expanding their phones to include the "Pay as you go" type of deal. They will allow the user to swipe their credit cards along a slot on the side of the phone, punch in how many minutes you want to buy, and begin talking - but only in Japanese.

The PS3 will be delayed by about a month due to a lack of certain parts but once production has really begun it will come packaged with instructions on how to install the version of Linux which was used to work on the machine. Unfortunately, Sony will try to block anyone from getting that version and the Open Source people will have to step in and sue Sony. People will tout "Sony and SCO, lamest companies that we know!" until Sony agrees it was a stupid idea in the first place and gives Linux away for free. Nevermind it was free and open source software to begin with, it's their Playstation and they will do whatever they want to with it.

(And for the joke impaired out there - those were jokes. :-) )