I am looking at playing with java for one of my university units, and was wondering what the current status is on the alpha/linux JDK's ie which ones work. which ones work reasonably. etc etc /Jp. -- Jean-Paul Blaquiere || Avatar of Computational japester@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au || Thaumaturgy We have what is termed a one way gateway on our house. Computers are allowed to enter, but they may not leave.