Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:28:10 -0700 From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@speakeasy.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <4C897B9A.8060908@speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=7sTm12NUdAeRrX1ZUsSveS9k7dk=hc%2BgWV9jK@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=7sTm12NUdAeRrX1ZUsSveS9k7dk=hc%2BgWV9jK@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/09/10 14:02, Jules Gilbert wrote: > About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. > > Some questions: > > Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java. > No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz. > > I'm trying to do an 8.1 install. > > Does this problem exist with Sun's x86 OS? > > Does anyone have a website or even a set of notes as to the right way > to do this. > > cd /usr/ports/java/jdk make make install > Now an opinion. If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look > around for an alternative, even inventing something else, something > that isn't Sun/Oracle/Java. > > Because this problem has been getting progressively worse for the past > three or four years or so (longer?,) and, look around, it's hurting > the FreeBSD community. > Help you with what? Their silly little distribution policy is annoying. It doesn't prevent you from running java. Regards, Jason
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