On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 13:10, 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.
You might reconsider the latest and greatest distribution as its likely they will provide GCJ (the Java compiler in GCC). > 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. You might consider Gentoo Linux. It will take you quite a few hours to install it on that hardware (as it builds everything from scratch), but after that you can say for sure that you've gotten the maximum out of your hardware. There is direct support for the IBM, Sun, Blackdown, Kaffe, Jikes, GCC3.x JRE/JDKs/compilers etc. Along with most other development tools (Netbeans, Eclipse, Jedit, Junit, Ant, etc.). There's also a great tool called "java-config" which will let you switch between several installed JDK/JREs very easily (great for testing). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
