Fedora and Java - just give us the facts

[Matthew Flaschen]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I've been looking at a couple of applications that require Java
> (in particular mindterm)
> and found the Fedora documentation on the subject rather obtuse.
> 
> As I understand it, there are two possibilities:
> either install Java that comes with the Fedora 
> "Java Development" group of packages,
> or else install Sun's Java.

I recommend you try IcedTea (http://icedtea.classpath.org), which is a
version of OpenJDK, the GPL version of Java Sun has released.

Matt Flaschen