Fwd: Binary plugs download

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 20:15 Wed 24 Nov     , kevin diggs wrote:
> The section of the page:
> 
> http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/
> 
> for downloading has a heading that says:
> 
> Linux platform
> 
> If this is for x86 only then please label it as such (more than having
> i586 buried in the file/link name).
> 
> Linux actually runs on quite a lot of different hardware (I got me an
> ultra2 that can run Linux; a bunch of PowerMacs too. Even a DEC Alpha.
> That would be a real hoot getting a JDK on that thing. Oh I forgot
> about the 040 based Quadra 700.).
> 

FWIW, IcedTea6 (http://icedtea.classpath.org) is built for ppc,
sparc and alpha on Debian:

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openjdk-6-jdk

I don't think anyone is yet producing regular binaries for 7, but I
think it's safe to say that will start to happen next year as 7 nears
release.  Until then, you can always download the source from
http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/ (icedtea-1.13.tar.gz being
the latest version of IcedTea7) and give it a go!

Unlike the binaries provided by Oracle, those in Debian (and other
distributions like Fedora and Ubuntu) are available under a Free
Software / Open Source license.

> Sorry for the rant. But this kinda pushes my buttons.  
> > Thanks!  
> > kevin

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Andrew :)

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