[ANNOUNCE] Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-rc1 for AMD64 and i386

2003-12-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
The Blackdown Java-Linux Team is happy to announce the availability the Java 2 Standard Edition v1.4.2-rc1 for Linux on i386 and, for the first time, Linux on AMD64. J2SE v1.4.2-rc1 can be download from ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.2/ and our FTP mirrors (see http://www.blackdown.org/java-

[ANNOUNCE] Java3D 1.3.1 for Linux/AMD64 and Linux/i386

2003-12-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
The Blackdown Java-Linux Team is happy to announce the availability of Java3D 1.3.1 for Linux on AMD64 and i386: The Java 3D API enables the creation of three-dimensional graphics applications and Internet-based 3D applets. It provides high-level constructs for creating and manipulation of 3D geo

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-rc1 for AMD64 and i386

2003-12-21 Thread Matthew Hunter
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:21:49PM +0100, Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Improved graphics/imaging performance (up to 80% for some operations) > * Replaced some functions with thread safe equivalents Anyone else seeing a massive *slowdown* in graphics/imaging performance? I u

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-rc1 for AMD64 and i386

2003-12-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Matthew Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:21:49PM +0100, Juergen Kreileder > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * Improved graphics/imaging performance (up to 80% for some >> operations) >> * Replaced some functions with thread safe equivalents > > Anyone else seeing a m

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Blackdown J2SE 1.4.2-rc1 for AMD64 and i386

2003-12-21 Thread Jim Hazen
This release seems a bit *faster* on my machine.  Netbeans is a little more responsive and the Java2D and SwingSet demos seem a little peppier. I'm not running on an SMP machine.  Kernel 2.4.22, Glibc 2.3.2. -Jim On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:21:49PM +0100, Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Integration of Blackdown features into the Sun JVM?

2003-12-21 Thread Jim Hazen
I heard a while back that Blackdown would be contributing enhancements to the Sun JVM.  Specifically I'm looking for Blackdown's WebStart enhancements to become standard on the JRE's shipped by Sun. Anyone know if/when this will happen?  I love the Blackdown JVMs, but the releases have been ve