default java plugin that synaptic installs

[Matthew Flaschen]

Steve Sullam wrote:
> I'm no develper, but I've been a linux user for at over 7 years, so I 
> thoughtI I would help out with a small tip. I've become a huge fan of 
> ubuntu by the way. The default plugin for java that synaptic installs 
> doesn't work at all well with java applets. I have manually installing 
> the sun java plugin works much much better. Page load faster and the 
> applets render correctly.  It works better for both firefox and opera. 
> apt and synaptic should be set up so this would automatically install 
> this plugin for people who don't want to do the manual install. .... 
> Just my small contribution.

Sun Java is proprietary (this is changing).  Ubuntu is not, except for
device drivers (by default).

Matthew Flaschen


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