Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:18:29 -0600 From: Phil Helms <phelms1@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting with freebsd Message-ID: <4309DEB5.8030809@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <4309D5FB.9040908@supsi.ch> References: <f13c775c05082117237b9dfb22@mail.gmail.com> <20050822054110.GC6627@osiris.chen.org.nz> <430989AB.7090200@nefli.nl> <4309D516.6060004@mindspring.com> <4309D5FB.9040908@supsi.ch>
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Maybe I should restate the question. I have used FreeBSD 4.X (4.8 and 4.10) in the past, and have liked it. However, despite FreeBSD's capabilities, and the applications available to be run on it, it did not have a serious Java implementation. What I needed was an OS that I could use as a desktop platform to get work done. Because of the lack of decent Java support in FreeBSD, I decided to switch to Linux, which does have Java, and I'm now happy with what I have in Linux. Nevertheless, I have installed FreeBSD 5.4, and hope to be able to do something with it. If, because of the efforts of dedicated and talented developers, FreeBSD 5.4 and beyond is to have Java support, that would remove the main impediment to my use of FreeBSD as a desktop platform. Just the same, having to do compiles to get Java functionality is problematic. In Linux, the functionality is there without the need for compiling anything. My hope is that compilation to obtain Java functionality in FreeBSD will some day be a thing of the past, just as compilation is unnecessary for things like Gnome, KDE, Kontact, or Evolution. That would be good. Still, why is it Sun's fault? Please enlighten me. Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Phil Helms wrote: > >> If it's Sun's fault, why does Linux have Java? > > > Funny question.. BTW.. FreeBSD have a very good java > implementation. > > Thank you to all involved in porting java to FreeBSD! > -- Phil Helms phelms1@mindspring.com
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