How well is Java supported?

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Topic: How well is Java supported?
started by: catchpolenet

Posted by catchpolenet on Nov. 04 2005,05:01

Hi,

I intend to answer this question for myself, but I thought I would ask incase anyone has any quick advice.

I'm going to try to use Sun's Java 1.5 on DSL from a memory stick. I understand that AWT (the graphics layer) won't work because it required GNOME. But other than that, has anyone had any problems or limitations?

Thanks,
Christian

Posted by catchpolenet on Nov. 04 2005,14:16

Well, I think I'v answered my own question. I'm running DSL with the QEMU emulator. I installed Java 5 to the RAM disk and ran a console listener.. telneted to the port and there it was.

Then I thought, I'll start an AWT app expecting to see the "Headless Exception"... but it worked!!! I didn't expect that.

Awsome!!