-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The java-6-openjdk is the one I use. It is the completely open version of the JDK released by sun under the GPL. In fact it is IcedTea, which is a project created to have a complete open JDK. The source release by Sun was not complete, since some parts of their source were not their intelectual property. For these parts of the source Sun added binaries, the IcedTea project re-implemented the non-open parts.
For as far as I have used the java-6-openjdk it seems to me that it is complete. I think I read online that IcedTea had passed the TCK (the java compatibility test) and it is completely open-source. Also, it is the default default java alternative in debian I think.. With kind regards, Simon Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi all, > > as there are many java versions installable, what is the best one to use in > amd64-systems ? What are the differences ? I saw gcj, gij, gdk, java. Can > someone tell me, which should be used ? Ia ma very confused. > Update-alternatives is giving me these choices: > > There are 8 alternatives which provide `java'. > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > 1 /usr/bin/gij-4.1 > 2 /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-6-sun/jre/bin/java > 3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java > 4 /usr/bin/gij-4.3 > * 5 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java > 6 /usr/bin/gij-4.2 > 7 /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java > + 8 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java > > Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: > > I choose 5. What is this "+"-sign meaning ? > > Questions, questions, questions.... > > Thanks for any help ! > > > Kind regards > > Hans-J. Ullrich > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjSj4cACgkQbAyTrjLX2Rm+GQCcDPHPzE+xN/mEW8DwbA82k8sY 7bIAnA+8LUZ3jT9zfWZBXTypSdDXFNEu =b5AZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
