Author: bob Date: 2005-12-16 00:30:34 +0000 (Fri, 16 Dec 2005) New Revision: 7714
Modified: trunk/website/pages/download.php Log: Recommends use of Java 1.5.0_04 or higher due to yet more applet privellege escalation exploits. Other minor changes. Modified: trunk/website/pages/download.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/download.php 2005-12-15 18:06:07 UTC (rev 7713) +++ trunk/website/pages/download.php 2005-12-16 00:30:34 UTC (rev 7714) @@ -13,16 +13,27 @@ href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=faq#firewall";><b>here</b></a> for some info.</i> +<BR> <BR> +<h3>Windows</h3>- Download and run +<big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-java-webinstall.exe";>freenet-java-webinstall.exe</a></big> which includes Java <B>or</B> +<br>- If you already have Java 5 update 4 or greater (<B>strongly</B> recommended for security, although v1.4.1 or greater works) +<big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-webinstall.exe";>freenet-webinstall.exe</a></big><br> +<br>It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, double-click on the small blue rabbit icon in your system-tray. +<br>(Freenet contains <u><b>NO spyware or adware</b></u> , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review) +<BR> <BR> +Freenet works best with <b>Windows 2000, XP Professional or NT. +</b>Windows ME, 98 and 95 work less well. +<!-- 2000 and Millenium Edition are different; all 2k's work good. Millenium is also a bit borked. The borked one is XP Home--> -<h3>Windows</h3>- Download and run <big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-java-webinstall.exe";>freenet-java-webinstall.exe</a> </big>or<br>- If you already have Java 1.4.1 or later installed <big><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-webinstall.exe";>freenet-webinstall.exe</a></big><br><br>It will automatically install Freenet and other required components for you. When done, double-click on the small blue rabbit icon in your task-tray. <br> -(Freenet contains <u><b>NO spyware or adware</b></u> , it's Free Software! The source code is publicly available for review) -<p>Freenet works best with <b>Windows 2000, XP Professional or NT. -</b>Windows ME, 98 and 95 work less well.</p> -<!-- 2000 and Millenium Edition are different; all 2k's work good. Millenium is also a bit borked. The borked one is XP Home--> +<BR> <BR> <h3>Unix/Linux</h3> You need to have a recent Java Runtime Environment. We have experienced -best results with Sun's Java Runtime Environment (versions 1.4.1 and later) -which can be obtained from <a href="http://java.sun.com/";>http://java.sun.com/</a>. Currently Freenet does not run on Kaffe or GCJ, due to bugs in Classpath. This is being worked on. +best results with Sun's Java Runtime Environment +which can be obtained from <a href="http://www.java.com/";>http://www.java.com/</a>. +<BR>Java version 1.4.1 and later will work. However, be aware that there are applet security vulnerabilities in all versions prior to +Java 5 update 4. Generally, we recommend using at least Java 1.4.2. + +<P>Currently Freenet does not run on Kaffe or GCJ, due to bugs in Classpath. This is being worked on.</P> Once Java is installed, download <a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-stable-latest.tgz";>freenet-stable-latest.tgz</a>. @@ -38,13 +49,16 @@ http://127.0.0.1:8888/ in your web browser to access Freenet's user interface. + +<BR> <BR> <h3>Hardware requirements</h3> <b>Minimum:</b> 400MHz Pentium 2, with at least 192MB of RAM.<br> <b>Recommended:</b> 1GHz or more processor with 256MB <!-- decreasing agaisnt my will :(-->RAM or more (especially if using Windows XP). + +<BR> <BR> <h3>Upgrading</h3> - After installing Freenet, Windows users can upgrade to the latest daily Freenet "snapshot" release by clicking on "Update Snapshot" in the Freenet section of their Start menu. @@ -56,6 +70,8 @@ <b><a href="http://www.freenetproject.org/index.php?page=whatsnew";>Changelog</b></a>. + +<BR> <BR> <h3>Source Code</h3> You can obtain the latest source code from SVN from <a href="https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/trunk/";>https://emu.freenetproject.org/svn/</a>, or you can download a daily snapshot:<ul> <li><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-stable-latest.src.tbz";>Stable</a> - @@ -64,5 +80,5 @@ href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-unstable-latest.src.tbz";>Unstable</a> - current unstable branch source code</li> <li><a href="http://downloads.freenetproject.org/freenet-contrib-latest.src.tar.bz2";>Contrib</a> - separate module needed to compile freenet-ext.jar; unpack this and one of the above in a common parent directory, and then run "ant distclean dist" to build everything.</li> -</ul> +</ul><BR> <!--end of empty space--></body>
