2010/3/24 Robert Chamberlain <robertchamberl...@fastmail.co.uk>: > Hi Johnny, > > to be honest, I wouldn't bother with the OpenJDK java on ppc linux. I found > that it wasn't very good (but then maybe I did something wrong?!) I > installed the IBM java and it worked very well. Google around and you'll > find the instructions how to do it. If I have time later I'll let you know > how I did it... > > A question for others on this list: Do you agree that the IBM java is the > best one available for PPC linux at the moment? Ok, the OpenJDK one might > work for some things, but when you want to use a more complex Java game, > then it didn't seem to work very well for me. And there also seems to be > some confusion within the Synaptic manager - for example, why on earth does > it offer the Sun Java package for PPC computers, when it clearly doesn't > work!!
I use java only to watch chess tournaments so open-jdk is enough for me and is easier to install. cheers, -- "...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e8a2deac1003240723i13f05127u6a892dd3529ce...@mail.gmail.com
