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Java Trial Support Coming In Linux Standard Base

Posted by timothy on from the chai-unfairly-excluded dept.

LinuxScribe writes "Java isn't in the LSB — yet. It's been a hard target to hit: which version gets standardized? How will test suites work? But the new version of LSB will take the first steps towards Java inclusion in standardized Linux development by introducing trial support for the language."

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  1. Will this FINALLY mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can fucking run browser applets on 64-bit Linux?

    So annoying... home is dual 32-bit so I can run TD Ameritrade with no problems---it flies.

    Then at work which is quad-64 bit, in order to get any java applets to work I'd have to bastardize my browser down to 32-bit so nsplugin can launch them---and when OpenSuSE releases an update on YaST--it blows this setup away since it sees "aha, you're on 64-bit, buddy!"

    Sun not supporting 64-bit applets in their runtime is a travesty. Fix it!