[Sussex] Hello

[Linux Alchemist]

 Hi Nic

What exactly would i need to do to remove the licensed SUN java RE and
instead use a Free or Open licensed Java RE

Cheers


On 08/05/06, Nic <nferrier at tapsellferrier.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Linux Alchemist" <linux.alchemist at googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Jon - good name
> >
> > Nothing major really just lots of little bits, e.g.
> >
> > i) I want to install MythTV, it was not that straight forward, having to
> use
> > some cool perl thing "perl -MCPAN -e shell". Not that I didnt enjoy it
> just
> > didnt know what I was doing? Didnt get it installed either!
> >
> > ii) I had a problem with LimeWire were it would only work with root
> access?
> >
> > iii) Is there a GPL'd Java Run Time Environment?
>
> Classpath: http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath
> GCJ: http://gcc.gnu.org/java
>
> There are a whole bunch of VMs that work with Classpath now. Most of
> them quite good.
>
> In addition I believe those fools in the Apache project are trying to
> reimplement Java as well without borrowing anything from Classpath
> (disclaimer: I used to be a Classpath hacker so I feel that decision
> keenly).
>
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
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