Currently neither the flashplugin-nonfree or IcedTea or Blackdown Java plugins work in Firefox 64, and reportedly Konqueror or Opera (I don't run them so I don't know), on Gusty AMD64. However I've found two workarounds that work very well for me. I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 on an nForce4 based platform with an Athlon64 X2 4200+ at 2.65GHz, 3GB DDR, and an Nvidia 7800GT video card. Here's what I've done:
Flash
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Close all web browsers!
Open a terminal
cd
rm .mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
sudo aptitude remove flashplugin-nonfree
sudo aptitude install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk lib32asound2
sudo aptitude install nspluginwrapper gsfonts-x11
For Older Flash Player (which seems more compatible with more sites for the moment)
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wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp9_archive.zip
unzip fp9_archive.zip
tar -xzvf fp9_archive/9r48/install_flash_player_9r48_linux.tar.gz
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
For Newest Flash Player (doesn't work on disney.com, nick.com, and reportedly Konqueror):
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wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
tar -xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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And that's it!. One caveat whether you have the official Ubuntu package or install the way I've described is that every once in awhile flash will stop working. This usually occurs after a Firefox or plugin upgrade of some type, but can occur for seemingly no reason. If this does happen, just execute the following commands to restore flash functionality:
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Close all web browsers!
Open a terminal
cd
rm .mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
sudo nspluginwrapper -u /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
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Sun Java 7 beta (IcedTea Java)
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To get a working Java Firefox plugin you unfortunately have to compile Java from the source. Now don't worry, it's really very easy, it just takes a long, long, long, time. The night I compiled it I waited for three hours, and finally went to bed. However when I woke up the next morning it was done and Java 7 worked beautifully, including the Firefox browser plugin!
Now what's odd here is that the package version we're going to build is in the Ubuntu repositories, but for some reason Java won't work unless it's actually compiled on your machine. So here we go:
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Close all web browsers!
Open a terminal
cd
sudo apt-get build-dep icedtea-java7-plugin
sudo apt-get -b source icedtea-java7-plugin icedtea-java7-bin icedtea-java7-jre icedtea-java7-jdk
sudo dpkg -i icedtea-java7-*deb
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And that's it. However as I said, it takes a very long time to compile even on a fairly speedy dual core machine, and it's the "sudo apt-get -b" command that takes so many hours. So just be patient, and you will have Java.
The update icon might also pop up asking you to upgrade Java after installation, but you will notice that both versions are the same. DO NOT UPGRADE. Java will still work, but there will be a lot of jerking and other anomalies if you do. Instead, go into package manager, select all the icedtea-java packages, and then go to the menu bar and click "Package->Lock Version". This will not stop the update icon from appearing, but it will stop Java from being overwritten during other upgrades. Of course, when the update version changes you should unlock the packages and try the new version.
One other word of warning, do not substitute "aptitude" for "apt-get" in the Java build commands. They are special package commands that aptitude does not implement.
I hope this helps until the problems with these packages are worked out.