Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:04:45 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: fbsd@dannysplace.net Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to Java on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <BANLkTikP%2BRLP_OY_c2pKaw%2BJw2riXvHPMg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DE4CFB4.6080801@dannysplace.net> References: <4DE4CFB4.6080801@dannysplace.net>
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Dan Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net> wrote: [...] > It looks like the recommended way to go is to use openJDK on freebsd. > Is it an efficient JRE? Is it stable? Are there binary packages available > or are there licensing problems that prevent it? > What about EJB and Servelet containers? Is it possible to get something > going under FreeBSD. OpenJDK is the only JVM that's getting any real love under FreeBSD at the moment. It's pretty stable, no slower than jdk16, and pretty much works as exepcted for web-app development. There are packages available off the package-sites, and the licence is GPLv2. However, Swing support is "close-but-not-quite". You can trigger race conditions with some apps (eg: Netbeans, and apps with Netbeans base, like iReports); but in most cases it works. If you're willing to live with that you're good to go with OpenJDK. Hope that helps. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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