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Fedora 21 Might Use OpenJDK 8 As Default

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Fedora systems use OpenJDK as the default Java of the system. Because OpenJDK 8 has been recently released, on the 18th of March, it will be most likely adopted to be used…

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Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr Will Be Released With OpenJDK 7 And Tomcat 7 As Default, Afterall

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, there were discussions on whether to remove OpenJDK 7 and Tomcat 7 from the default installation of Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, due to some resource drains. New information regarding this aspect has been…

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The Ubuntu Developers Are Discussing On Whether To Drop OpenJDK 7 And Tomcat7 From Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

Hello Linux Geeksters. The Canonical developers are discussing on whether remove the default support for OpenJDK and Tomcat7 from Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr. OpenJDK 7 is quite a resource drain and so, the developers are questioning its utility, as the…

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How to Install OpenJDK 7 on Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

Hello Linux Geeksters. In this article I will show you how to install OpenJDK 7 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. If you do not like Oracle Java (Oracle JDK) you can…

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