Hi,
> I want to instal Redhat linux to run in dual boot mode with win95 and
> need the capacity to use the JDK with both.
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> I want the power of UNIX at home but am
> afraid of switching without getting some more detailed knowledge first.
> Unfortunately I have no experience in compiling and configuring an OS so
> I thought I'd try one of the more popular binaries available.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated, either with a better flavor of
> linux to use or with how to port the JDK to linux.
I had very little experience with unix before I put linux on my machine.
I got the slackware cd-rom set and had a trouble-free install and have
been happily running a dual-boot system for some time. Sometimes if you
have to re-install win95 it will mess with the OS-booter (I was using
LILO)... silly microsoft products...
As for the JDK, I use the Sun JDK on Win95 and Steve Byrne's port of the
JDK on Linux. I also use Linux and SB's JDK on my work machine, and have
never had a problem with either. I think the Linux compiler is faster
than the Win95 one, too. I'm working on a fairly major Java project, so
the JDK is getting a real workout, and it has performed flawlessly.
And no, nobody is paying me to say this stuff :)
By the way, Steve and everyone else involved, thanks very much for a great
piece of software!!!
dstn.
