On 20:15 Wed 24 Nov , kevin diggs wrote: > The section of the page: > > http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/ > > for downloading has a heading that says: > > Linux platform > > If this is for x86 only then please label it as such (more than having > i586 buried in the file/link name). > > Linux actually runs on quite a lot of different hardware (I got me an > ultra2 that can run Linux; a bunch of PowerMacs too. Even a DEC Alpha. > That would be a real hoot getting a JDK on that thing. Oh I forgot > about the 040 based Quadra 700.). >
FWIW, IcedTea6 (http://icedtea.classpath.org) is built for ppc, sparc and alpha on Debian: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openjdk-6-jdk I don't think anyone is yet producing regular binaries for 7, but I think it's safe to say that will start to happen next year as 7 nears release. Until then, you can always download the source from http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/ (icedtea-1.13.tar.gz being the latest version of IcedTea7) and give it a go! Unlike the binaries provided by Oracle, those in Debian (and other distributions like Fedora and Ubuntu) are available under a Free Software / Open Source license. > Sorry for the rant. But this kinda pushes my buttons. > > Thanks! > > kevin -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint = F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
