Starting with freebsd

[Phil Helms]

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!
> 

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Phil Helms
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