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Java 1.4.2 beta released

Submitted by Uraeus on Fri, 2003-04-04 13:59. Sun Microsystems

Seems soon was very soon. The Java version we mentioned the other day with support for GTK+ and Window Manager themes
is out in its first beta release. Be sure to get it and get your Java apps to look like they belong in your GNOME desktop. You find it on the JavaSoft
download page.
Update:
Here is en excerpt from the docs on sun.com:
Specifying the Look and Feel: Command Line

You can specify the look and feel at the command line by using the -D flag to set the swing.defaultlaf property. For example:

java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel MyApp

Specifying the Look and Feel: swing.properties

Yet another way to specify the current look and feel is to use the swing.properties file to set the swing.defaultlaf property. This file is located in the lib directory of the Java release. For example, if you're using the Java interpreter in javaHomeDirectoryin, then the swing.properties file (if it exists) is in javaHomeDirectorylib. Here is an example of the contents of a swing.properties file:

# Swing properties

swing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GtkLookAndFeel

Re: be careful: read the license

Submitted by Anonymous George on Mon, 2003-04-07 21:08.

About auto-downloading stuff, I suppose it was intended for JavaWebStart and planned auto update feature of JRE. However in this case I agree with you, it's pretty scary.

However, it was not your original concern. You have said Sun's too restrictive license prevents linux distros from packaging JRE and it is simply not true.

And those whole lot of open source Java projects which you said regrettable have been the greatest ally of Linux which enable it to be adopted in enterprise computing.

And for the open source implementation of JVM, the biggest problem is not that Sun's changing API but implementing AWT and Swing on top of gtk+ AFAIK. Other than that, they've already implemented considerable part of API from 1.2 to 1.4.

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