From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 26 11:18:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA25947 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:18:32 -0800 Received: from localhost.lightside.com (user54.lightside.com [198.81.209.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA25942 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:18:25 -0800 Received: (from jehamby@localhost) by localhost.lightside.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA00337; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:20:32 -0800 Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 11:20:31 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby X-Sender: jehamby@localhost To: Kai.Vorma@hut.fi cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java.. In-Reply-To: <199511242205.AAA05810@freud.hut.fi> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Kai Vorma wrote: > Netscape 2.0B3 is now out (ftp://ftp.netscape.com/2.0b3/unix) and Java > Applet support is now available for Linux (but not for BSDI). The > linux version seems to be working under emulation (-current) so check > it out if you are interested! > > To get it working you have to delete /etc/host.conf because linux uses > different syntax than FreeBSD. > > ..vode I just downloaded 2.0b3 for Linux to check out the Java support. It seems to be running at a decent speed, so that's good. But since I've been using FreeBSD for all my Internet applications, since the PPP speed in Linux is basically crap (2.8Kbps vs. 3.2Kbps for FreeBSD!), I also D/Led the BSD version, and even though there is no Java, it did fix ALL of the bugs I reported (non-blinking cursor, and problems with my dial-on-demand PPP setup) so I am one happy camper. Why can't more companies create such high-quality software? But then again, the scary thing is that you don't have to create stable, robust software to be wildly successful, look at Microsoft... :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------