I am a full time java developer. The firm I work for originally ran on
NT/95 and we had serious crash problems. Plus the machine had to be reboot
to allow servlets to work, etc. I took my AMDK6-2 233mhz and put redhat on
it with the blackdown jdk, and it is absolutly awesome.
I recommend to stick with x86, for now. PPC action is coming, but there is
still software that is kind of annoying to try to make work, from what I'm
told. Not too mention, you can't always get source to build and everyone
has x86.
I would get an AMD K6-3 when they come out (cheap, fast, better than a P2
at same clock, even w/ FPU stuff) and run redhat.
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, David Thompson wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am struggling with a decision that some have
> probably been through, or are currently experiencing:
>
> If one wishes to run Linux and write Java code
> (including, the potential of the java 3d api),
> should one get and x86 and run RedHatx (and or another
> x86 flavor), or should one go with a PowerPC and run
> LinuxPPC (or MkLinux).
>
> My concern is primarily with the prospect of future
> java support (for access to the latest), in Linux.
> I have a leaning toward getting a PowerPC for gut
> reasons. But, I am having difficulty determining
> the current pulse regarding the commitment to
> java on PowerPC's. I realize that Java 2 will soon
> be out for both x86 and PPC, but is there any indication
> that the PPC will be java supported into the future?
> I realize that there is no guarantee, I am just looking
> for indications.
>
> Other issues of interest are the future prospects
> of java 3d on x86 and PowerPC linux versions.
> Are there 3D accelerator drivers currently in the
> works for Linux OpenGl api type graphics, that
> java 3d can take advantage of. If so, do/will there
> be drivers for the PPC as well as the x86 chips.
> And is there a port of the java 3d api to linux/(Mesa
> or other OpenGl api) in the works?
>
> I realize that these are a common brand of questions,
> but I have not found them asked this directly in the FAQ's.
>
> Also, how does someone go about providing donations to
> support the java/linux efforts, in order to perpetuate
> the trend?
>
> Thank you
> respectfully
> dt
>
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> David R.Thompson
> Los Alamos National Laboratory
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