Hi, I'm interested in Debian because I understand it is a completely free/open source linux distribution. I also have been intrigued after reading this list about the package manager used in Debian. I think some of the other Linux distributions are making it hard to keep a completely free platform which I think is confusing if you are not really up on it and I would like to avoid that confusion.
I am a Java programmer and I'm currently using the Linux x86 Java 1.2.2 from Sun/Blackdown and having pretty good luck with it. I have a couple of questions. 1. What Java does Debian come with? 2. How is the free/gnu Java coming along? Is this kaffe or something else with the classpath project? 3. How does the PowerPC version of Debian compare to the x86 version? Is it a viable way to go? Thanks in advance for any insights. Eric Richardson
