On 2005-11-06 16:48:38, nuno romano wrote: > After some months with Debian(3.1PowerPC)I´m > generally comfortable with it: > > -compiling software,and dealing with the different > aspects of the package management system(good stuff!) > > -Connections to the Internet. > > -Printing system: my 70 dollars inkjet prints > documents,photos with quality nearly identical > to a 400 dollars laser printer,with refilled > inkjet cartridges. > > > However,four points: > > -Java: I don´t know which Java Runtime Environment,SDK > is the most effective,the blackdown.org or the > Gnu classpath,gcj,or other.For example,I want to > compile and run JGR a frontend for R(the statistics > software),which needs Java2-1.5,and I think none of > the above JRE,SDKs provides Java2-1.5. > Blackdown´s provide for the PPC Java2-1.3.1. > Do you know why Debian does not ship Blackdown´s > Java?
AFAIK blackdown is not shipped because it's non-free. You can't use Java from Sun, since that's x86 and OSX only. You can use Java from blackdown, but 1.3 is the latest version for powerpc. I therefore suggest you use IBM's Java JRE or SDK, available (after free registration) at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html. The latest version is 1.4.2, and there is a 1.5 beta. I suggest you use java-package to create a Debian package. 1.5 beta is not supported by java-package, but I posted a way to get it working at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=78804. > -Macromedia´s Shockwave Flash Player: The possible > solutions,none seems effective for the PPC.I can´t > see Flash content in Mozilla.Do you know of a > method,program to do that effectively?Advice > appreciated. No flash on PPC. (well there are some free implementations, but I never got them to work properly) You may also want to subscribe to the debian-powerpc mailing list. Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature." -- R. Kulawiec -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
