Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:23:53 +1000 From: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org> To: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why do you run/prefer Java on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20070803052353.GA87602@duncan.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <9F90521E-76CF-4C93-84E1-B1083F76C2A5@FreeBSD.org> References: <9F90521E-76CF-4C93-84E1-B1083F76C2A5@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:03:02AM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote: > - why do you run Java on FreeBSD (instead of Solaris or Linux)? FreeBSD is what I use. I don't have any Solaris or Linux machines. (I also use it on OS-X and Windows, from time to time.) > - do you consider Java on FreeBSD fast? Fast enough. > - do you consider it stable/reliable? Yes. > - do you consider it secure? Secure enough for what I'm doing (no external servers). > - which version of Java are you running? jdk-1.5.0.11p5,1 sometimes also sablevm and gcj > - was the installation of Java easy or a pain? (or somewhere in > between?) Installation relatively painful due to manual fetch. Ports build dead easy. > - how important is Java 1.6 for you? I'll get to it when it arrives on FreeBSD. -- Andrew
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