I think Debian 3.0 (Woody) would be just fine for you. You could add the blackdown URIs to you sources.list and install the jdk (probably 1.3 as the 1.4 .debs [debian packages] are not out yet or in beta).
I really like Debian, the debian Java packages integrate nicely into the system and its a Debian system is very easy to maintain. Also, if you are stuck, you can always ask questions on #debian on irc.openprojects.net (there is also a #java channel, for Java in general, you might also want to check that). regards vincent On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:10:56PM -0400, Thomas Cowdery wrote: > I want to set up a Linux box to test Java apps/applets (and to learn a little about >Linux). As the subject implies, I'm a newbie to Linux. I started by reading some >FAQ's about hardware questions, but they always approach the problem from the >opposite direction that I'm coming from. I don't want to know if a given version >will run on my machine. Having already checked out the boxed versions of Red Hat, >SuSe, and Mandrake, I realize that the latest-greatest isn't likely to work >satisfactorily on my hardware. > >Instead, I'd like some opinions on what version of any Linux distro WOULD run >reasonably well on the hardware that I have, and what version of Java might be >available for that version of Linux. > >What I have to work on is an older (AMD) 233 Mhz machine with 64 MB of memory and a >hard drive with about 2 GB free. I can free up more HD space if I need to. > >Since I need to test apps/applets with GUI interfaces, I am assuming that I must have >X Windows. I'd probably want a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome so I can easily >run Netscape (and/or other browsers). I obviously have to have some version of Java, >but I can even limit myself to v 1.1.x if I have to. I probably won't do much actual >development on this machine - most of the time I'll be testing stuff developed >elsewhere - but I'll probably want the JDK anyway so I have the option to make >changes if I need to. > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > >Thomas W. Cowdery >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >------------------------------------ >We have met the enemy, and he is us. >Walt Kelley's Pogo > >------------------------------------------------ >Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com >The most personalized portal on the Web! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
