Re: Which javas? (Was java / iceweasel)

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:24 -0500, Ken Heard wrote:

> In my box the command "update-alternatives --config java" returns the
> following:
> 
> There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'.
> 
>   Selection    Alternative
> - -----------------------------------------------
>           1    /usr/bin/gij-4.3
> *+        2    /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
>           3    /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
> 
> What is the difference among the three?

- The first one, I dunno :-?

...oh, it's an intrepreter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Interpreter_for_Java

- The second one is an open version of a Java compiler.

- The third one is the Sun's JRE java version. I find this is the best 
(stable and compatible) version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Java_implementations

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón