On 07/25/2010 01:06 AM, Jonathan Beatty wrote: > > However, I am just now beginning Java programming and I am wondering >> if there is any substantial difference between java-1.6.0-openjdk and >> the sun jdk. > > As a beginning programmer, no. The differences are highly technical in nature and do not show themselves early on in your endeavor as a programmer. There is a noticeable performance loss on older platforms, but that's not true on semi-modern machines, I find. > I think you can install both and use the "alternatives" mechanism to choose which one to use. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines