Your Blackdown Java-Linux porting group would like to announce that the JDK 1.1.7 should now be available. The big surprise is that we now have a native threads add-on package for it too. (Thanks to Phill) Make sure you read the README.native_threads for some details as to what to expect. (It should be in the same directory as the tar.gz files for the JDK, JRE, RT, and i18n...) Note that the native thread support requires GLIBC systems since the threads package is GLIBC based. Check out http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html I have noticed that some of the mirrors already have the files. All of them should have them soon. Michael Sinz -- Director of Research & Development, NextBus Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------- http://www.nextbus.com My place on the web ---> http://www.users.fast.net/~michael_sinz