http://linux.java.net Items from java.net's Linux community homepage. http://linux.java.net Many things will change for the Linux community during and after JavaOne, and this page will be completely revamped to account for that chance. New projects are about to join the community, and new possibilities will be opened. Stay Tunned! 2006-05-15 May 15, 2006 bucket/bu/56/87f0940b 37 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/flozano/archive/2006/05/java_one_minita.html The Java.Net Community Corner in the Java One Pavillion will feature a few talks of special interest for Linux developers, ranging from on Sun proprietary JVM and new JCP standards to F/OSS JVMs. 2006-05-15 282 May 15, 2006 49 bucket/bu/56/1e69c53d http://en.opensuse.org/Eclipse/EclipseOnLinux Novell, Red Hat and others are proposing a new Eclipse project focused on a better user experience for Eclipse on Linux, with a focus on making Eclipse packaging and updating compatible with Linux package managers like RPM. I hope they collaborate with the JPackage project! 2006-05-03 May 03, 2006 11 bucket/bu/56/2910b6df http://lwn.net/Articles/171139/ Version 4.0 of GCJ introduced a new deployment model that made is much easier for distributors to package traditional Java programs as native applications without requiring any source level changes. For version 4.1 of GCJ, this new binary compatibility (BC) ABI has also been used for parts of the core library. This change means that those parts of the core library can easily be upgraded with newer versions by the end user. 2006-02-16 Feb 16, 2006 bucket/bu/56/6445325e 38 http://www.advogato.org/person/jserv/diary.html?start=5 "In Feb 6 1996, Tim Wilkinson released the first version of Kaffe as version 0.1, which is the first independent free and open source implementation of Java Virtual Machine" (by Jim Huang). Note that this was about just a year after Sun released the first Java release! 2006-02-07 Feb 07, 2006 bucket/bu/56/41aebc46 11 http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2006/01/28/free_java_opens_doors_to_net_world.html It's ready folks. Make sure your library works with it. (by Weiqi Gao) 2006-01-30 Jan 30, 2006 bucket/bu/56/463f94b8 11 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/flozano/archive/2006/01/when_applets_ar.html During the end of 2005 I had a customer who could not run a Java Applet on his desktops, despite having the latest update from Sun. And the desktops ran the fastest-growing OS and browser in the market today Copyright 2006, Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://weblogs.java.net/ en-us Fernando Lozano 2006-01-27T09:07-08:00 Community: linux.java.net text/html O'Reilly and Associates 282 java.net Weblogs 49 bucket/bu/56/b6e7e64e http://lwn.net/Articles/169497/ When a blogger trashed the anti-DRM features of the GPL3 draft, common sense from the community was quick to show how biased the blogger was and how the draft was sound. http://lwn.net 2006-01-29 Linux Weekly News Jan 29, 2006 11 bucket/bu/56/03dc61d4 http://ulibgcj.sourceforge.net/ From the projet home page:<br /> "micro-libgcj is a lightweight version of the GCJ project’s runtime library (libgcj), intended to provide a usable subset of Java’s features while remaining small and self-contained. <br /> We started this project with the goal producing small, self-contained executables from a mix of Java and C++, targeting four platforms: Win32 (i386), Mac OS X (PPC), and Linux (i386 and amd64). GCC is an ideal tool for this purpose, since it is widely ported, and its Java and C++ compilers produce ABI-compatible object code 2006-01-06 Jan 06, 2006 bucket/bu/56/83b9e8a9 38 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/flozano/archive/2005/12/if_you_use_linu.html Life of Linux System and Network Administrators and Developers would be easier if all Java software vendors started to use JPackage guidelines when b uilding their installation packages. Copyright 2005, Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://weblogs.java.net/ en-us Fernando Lozano 2005-12-08T06:37-08:00 Community: linux.java.net text/html O'Reilly and Associates 282 java.net Weblogs 49 bucket/bu/56/f37abfac http://www.object-refinery.com/jfreechart/free.html Has JFreeChart escaped the Java Trap? Yes!!! At least partially, if the chart image below is anything to go by. It has been created using JamVM, GNU Classpath, Cairo (via the bindings provided by the Java-Gnome project), JFreeChart and a custom class CairoGraphics2D.java - no proprietary software required! 2005-12-07 Dec 07, 2005 38 bucket/bu/56/1f571fc1 http://developer.classpath.org/support/ This document, created colaboratively by many open source Java developers from meetings initiated by SouJava and edited by Mark Wielaard, presents the current state of Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects that aim to deliver a complete Java stack. It provides an overview about runtimes, compilers, libraries, applications, packaging into Linux distributions and Java SE / EE coverage and certification initiatives. It's a great place to start learning about the effort to have compatible F/OSS Java implementations. 2005-11-28 Nov 28, 2005 11 bucket/bu/56/5fb5530b http://www.advogato.org/person/mjw/diary.html?start=60 From Mark Wielaard:<br> Robert never pushes JamVM very hard. But he really should! His latest JamVM 1.4.0 release adds impressive new features (Soft/Weak/Phantom References, optimized garbage collector, language and reflection type access checks, GNU Classpath 0.19 and CVS support plus improved/added support for PPC-32/64, AMD64 and kfreebsd) and feels really stable. Go Robert! 2005-11-22 Nov 22, 2005 bucket/bu/56/737821b7 11 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/felipegaucho/archive/2005/11/moving_to_linux_1.html During a recent debate about Java, Linux and OSS I have observed that some old fears are still alive and are still avoiding a collaboration between the OSS community and the Java community. Underneath the traditional flames involved in such discussion, there is an open question to be answered: <em> Why the Java developers doesn't use Linux as development platform ?</em>. Copyright 2005, Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://weblogs.java.net/ en-us Felipe Gaucho 2005-11-17T11:28-08:00 Community: linux.java.net text/html O'Reilly and Associates java.net Weblogs 229 bucket/bu/56/010f453b 49 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-17-018-26-NW-SW 'We recognise that more and more people are using Firefox, so it's something we want to support,' says one high-street bank... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/908cfd46 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-18-007-26-RV-BZ-DB I managed to work for a month and a half before the Boss noticed I was using Linux --and that was only because he happened to glance at my screen... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/dcd2b017 11 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8675 Talking with one of the organizers of FSF-India about the role of free software as both technology and philosophy. http://www.linuxjournal.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Journal bucket/bu/56/033fdf6f 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-18-009-26-OP-BZ Marten Mickos, CEO of open source database company MySQL AB, was motivated by the recent controversy over SAP executive Shai Agassi's remarks about open source to write the following perspective piece... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/be00a65f 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-18-002-26-OP-CY-NT We're hearing tales of two scenarios--one pessimistic, one optimistic--for the future of the Net. If the paranoids are right, the Net's toast. If they're not, it will be because we fought to save it, perhaps in a new way we haven't talked about before. Davids, meet your Goliaths... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/13a16f11 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-18-012-26-OP-MR-MS Another day, another lame attempt by Microsoft to show that Windows is better than Linux... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/cc14fc63 11 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/11/an_interview_wi.html <p> Open Source for college credit? Yes, it's true! Daniel interviews Brian Koontz, Computer Science program coordinator and OSS zealot at North Lake College. Brian created a certificate program for Open Source Technology at North Lake College in Texas. Daniel Brookshier interviews Brian about the certificate and the open source impact of open source. </p> Copyright 2005, Sun Microsystems, Inc. http://weblogs.java.net/ en-us Daniel Brookshier 2005-11-17T17:16-08:00 Community: Global Education and Learning Community,Open Source text/html O'Reilly and Associates java.net Weblogs 87 bucket/bu/56/602512ec 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-17-026-26-NW-MR-DV Open source software (OSS) developers find and fix software bugs quickly, according to new analyst research released this week... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/d93fb2cd 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-17-023-26-OS-DP-PB Discovering why some public sector organisations are so enthusiastic about community developed software often means looking beyond a balance sheet... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/a749c73b 11 http://lwn.net/Articles/160595/ http://lwn.net 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Weekly News bucket/bu/56/3f6a8968 11 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2005-11-17-019-26-IN-BZ-SW "In this interview, Terpstra shoots down some pernicious misunderstandings about Linux and open source and explains how IT organizations often end up shunning their IT planning duties... http://linuxtoday.com 2005-11-18 Nov 18, 2005 Linux Today bucket/bu/56/3a5005df 11