Sun java

[Lee Tambiah]

On 10/2/07, Nils <n.bruenggel at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok.. so I hope that it will ship Java 7, when it's done. However I was
> quite disappointed that Ubuntu ships a Java version that nobody will
> use anyway..
>
> Also Ubuntu comes with firmware / gpu drivers which are proprietary,
> so I don't see the point of not shipping Java.

Canonical decided that Ubuntu can use non-free firmware so most
peoples hardware will work, such as wireless and video. Java is
software not firmware, and is easy to install since edgy.

>
> The good news, however is that flash worked with one click on Gutsy
> beta. Also the video codecs were one or two clicks to install. Now I'm
> just missing java..

I think i could agree here a java selection like flash would be good
if you come across a website that requires the java browser plugin.

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