recommended x86_64 java plugin

Chong Yu Meng chongym at cymulacrum.net
Sun Dec 24 04:59:51 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 11:57 -0800, Sean Bruno wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 13:15 -0500, Wade Hampton wrote:
> > I am running FC6 on a few x86_64 machines.  The 64-bit java JRE from
> > Sun does not include a mozilla plugin.  What is the recommended 64-bit
> > plugin for Firefox or should I use the 32-bit plugin with
> > nspluginwrapper?

For Java plugins, I highly recommend Blackdown JRE
(http://www.blackdown.org). It may not be the fastest Java VM, but, for
me, it is the most stable. The current 64-bit version is still 1.4.x,
but I suspect that most applets are still running that level. 

HTH
pascal chong




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