On 21 Jul 03, at 19:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Before installing Sun's version of JRE, you might want to > look into the differences between Sun's and Blackdown's > JRE. As far as I understand it, if you use the latest > version of Sun's JRE (1.4.2), it is the best choice, but > if you want to use version 1.4.1 or older, you might need > to use Blackdown if you want to use the plugins in > Mozilla, if Mozilla was compiled with gcc ver. 3.x. A nice > summary page is available at > <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/whichjava.html>.
I'll check into that. I do use Mozilla. > But remember, this only applies to JRE 1.4.1 or older, > with Sun's JRE 1.4.2 this is no longer an issue, and so > Sun's JRE 1.4.2 will probably be your best choice, unless > the program you want to run specifically says it will only > work with an older version. Thanks ... I've gotten increasingly-hostile responses from the author of the program, he basically is being very adament - Sun JRE 1.4.1 (although the instructions on his web page also say "or newer"). As far as he's concerned, Blackdown is a "cheap knockoff" and he refuses to have anything to do with it. I think I'll go ahead and update to the JRE 1.4.2, and see if the program in question works. If it doesn't, Oh, well! David [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
