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Originally Posted by Shinigami2057
Unfortunately, many GNU/Linux distributions (include slackware and Fedora), ship with a gij version that matches Java 1.4.2, and although it has some 1.5 extensions it doesn't seem to be able to read the class file version. This is pretty limiting, IMO, but of course, free software nuts who don't use the Sun JRE may not exactly be your target audience  |
Yea, I understand that limitation but as far as I am concerned Java releases their software for free and it is just the choice of people to stick with the GNU stuff that is outdated. I don't want to start a flamewar about free software or anything like that, but keep in mind that just cause some people don't want to use software that is closed source but free just because it is closed source, others, myself included, just like the fact that its free. I would look into installing java 1.6 from Sun if I were you and not dwindle on the whole GNU thing. Just my $.02