The only problem I found with PJA is that it replaces some core Java packages from Sun
with the PJA packages. This may not be a problem, as long as new releases of the JDK
and PGA don't present problems.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Kinnvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:46 AM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: Interests sake
Hmm. What _Java_ needs is a way to render graphics (incl. fonts)
without relying on a running host windowing system. And, what do
you know, that is actually coming our way. :-)
I do _not_ need/want a GUI running on my UNIX/Linux servers,
thank you very much. Be it X11 or a (highly unlikely) replacement.
/David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Schnitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 5:23 AM
Subject: RE: Interests sake
> > From: Alex 'Kazuma' Garbagnati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > >With Linux it's much easier to configure Java apps as daemons, but I
> > >can't render my dynamic images with any reasonable quality - XWindows
> > >renders fonts like a three-year-old with a half-eaten crayon :-)
> >
> > You should try pja. It does not require any XWindow server
> > running and I
> > use the same fonts available on win...
>
> I tried it. Didn't produce fonts much (if at all) better than XWindows.
> Also tried the xvfb, which was by far the worst option.
>
> One thing you can say about MS Windows is that it does an excellent job
> of rendering text :-) What Linux needs is a ground-up replacement for
> XWindows, IMHO.
>
> Jeff
