"Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can get Java installed and working in my browsers, but at the risk > of starting a Holy Way, what's the canonical way to install Java > (run-time only needed, not dev. kit)? > > From Blackdown? From Sun? From Debian's site, which seems to only > have JDK1.1 for Sid? > > I would suspect that Sun's JRE is *the* JRE, whereas Blackdown's might > work better with Linux, whereas Debian's is more "official".
I haven't seen anyone mention IBM's offering (http://www.ibm.com/java). I know at one point the IBM runtime was 20% or so faster on a lot of benchmarks than the other offerings, that was some time ago though. I haven't used it in a while, but it seemed decent to me. Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]