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From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
Subject: RE: Best JDK 1.2+
To: 'Phillip Rhodes' <rhodespc@yahoo.com>
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Hello Philip,

>
> I want to run Java on my freebsd box (3.4), but I am very confused
> as to which port I should go with.  Should/Can I use blackdown,
> sun or some other port?
>
I'm terribly biased :) but I think you should use the native FreeBSD port
for Sun's JDK. You'd have to build it yourself, but that is really very
easy, see: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/kjkoster/java/index.html.

If you need Swing, you may be better off using blackdown's port for now
(it's in /usr/ports/java/linux-jdk). In it's current form, the native port
has redrawing problems for Swing applications. We'll lick that one soon
enough, I'm sure. :-)

I compile and run server-side stuff using the native port, but use the Linux
port to display Swing applications.

Using the native port has the advantage that if you run into a bug in it,
there is a good chance that someone will pick it up and fix it. It is a
little more "alive" in that sense.

    Kees Jan 

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