Karel Kulhavy schrieb: > I appreciate there is no Java in OpenBSD. I searched for java, jre, jdk, > j2se, sun, blackdown and ibm in the packages and didn't find anything. > > I understand why - presumably because Java is not a free software. > Hmm, go read the faqs
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#javaflash Not everything in ports exist as a package (mostly due to license problems) guido > This is very handy - I don't have to waste time with Java programs, which are > usually broken anyway, and sometimes trash the machine with of denial of > service attack on CPU and memory. Now I can focus on more productive things > than Java programs. I just need to find an alternative program for the given > task that doesn't rely on non-free software to be able to run. > > The fact that something doesn't run on OpenBSD already proven to be handy > several times. I needed to run Lotus Notes which is not possible so I had > to put it on a Linux server, which is faster. I don't like the Lotus Notes > but I have to work with them. This way it's faster and Lotus Notes don't > crash when I switch virtual desktop. They also don't take memory and disk > and attack a different CPU than mine :) > > The same with the program Inventory I used for TODO list. It segfaulted > because > was written badly. On Linux it runs OK. I was forced to find a text-mode todo > which is more suited to the task. And I don't have to run a MySQL server for > that. > > I also appreciate there is no suspend to disk or ram. On Linux it used to > cause > problems - the CPU switched to lower speeds, the keyboard in X crashed, and > when one closed the lid and reopened quickly, it took many minutes to recover > from hysterical suspend-wake cycles. Now I just run shutdown and have benefits > like: > - if I wait on platform and a train comes, I just close the lid and don't > have to wait for wake up in the train > - I can switch to external LCD and turn off the internal LCD easily by putting > a chip from old CDROM over the lid sensor. > > Some people whine that on OpenBSD nothing runs, but I think this is actually > an > advantage. This way the user is forced to work with the properly implemented > things and doesn't have to waste time with crap. > > CL< > > -- Mit freundlichen Gr|_en, Guido Tschakert _____________________________________________________ SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH Graurheindorfer Str. 149 a Tel: +49-228-2806-138 53117 Bonn Fax: +49-228-2806-199 http://www.src-gmbh.de Mob: +49-160-3671422
