Re: Linux PPC Java development
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Marcellus_Listas wrote:
[...]
| I have a 'newbe' question... I'm using an old IBM 7248 PowerPC machine,
| running Debian Linux. I downloaded the IBM JDK but I can not find a JAVA
| Plugin ( version 1.4 or newer ) to use with Mozilla 1.7.
|
| So... how the people develops Java using Linux PPC? Only in text mode?
[...]
Marcellus,
~ Hello and welcome. If you would like, you can use the gcjwebplugin;
that is about your only option for applets. Once the Blackdown folks
get the plugin working for their 1.3.1 JRE/JDK, you should be able to
use that.
~ Applets are a very small part of Java(TM) development. Most of us
who do Java development on Debian PowerPC are focused on the server apps
and libraries, with desktop coming next in priority. As a co-maintainer
for Debian's java-package[0] utility, I would encourage you to use it
for packaging your JRE/JDKs on PowerPC. IBM has a 1.3 and 1.4 JRE/JDK,
and Blackdown has their 1.3.1 JRE/JDK. You should be able to do J2EE,
Swing, and SWT-based development without issue.
~ Of course, ultimately, we would like you to try the free runtimes
for Java(TM) and file bug reports against those to help up us improve
the free alternatives to the Java(TM) Trap[1].
[0] - http://packages.debian.org/java-package
[1] - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html
Regards,
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Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com
Registered Linux User #368650
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