this is probably a little touchy to ask...

[Adam Vande More]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks at gmail.com>wrote:

> About Java.  Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser.
>
> Some questions:
>
> Is GNU java sufficient?  I need to be able to run a browser with Java.
>  No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz.
>
> I'm trying to do an 8.1 install.
>

Works fine for me as long as you stick with firefox35


> Does anyone have a website or even a set of notes as to the right way
> to do this.
>
> Now an opinion.  If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look
> around for an alternative, even inventing something else, something
> that isn't Sun/Oracle/Java.
>
> Because this problem has been getting progressively worse for the past
> three or four years or so (longer?,) and, look around, it's hurting
> the FreeBSD community.
>

I believe the FreeBSD Foundation is still accepting donations.
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Adam Vande More