Java not working for some applications: Forcing 32-bit mode <p>We recently wrote about reinstalling Java to correct problems with various applications including Mail and Safari.

There are no 64-bit versions of the Java Plugin, Java Web Start or Java Control Panel; however the 32-bit versions of the JRE can be installed on 64-bit systems in order to obtain this functionality.

Java 25 has 17 new features, six of which are at some level of preview. It also removes support for 32-bit x86, with the team stating that "the cost of maintaining this port outweighs the benefits ...

IBM plans to make 64-bit Java technology available on its AIX 5L Unix operating system in early July, a move that it claims puts AIX ahead of Sun's Solaris and Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX operating ...

For example, on Windows Vista 64-bit, 32-bit applications must be “ thunked ” via the WoW64 (Windows on Windows) subsystem to run. Similar methods are used in other operating systems.

When it adds the 64-bit support, Red Hat will stop supporting 32-bit ARM, he said.