[NTLUG:Discuss] I hate IcedTea

[Stephen Davidson]

I forgot to mention, Open JDK 8 (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/)
is now also worth a look.  It's in Milestone release mode, so it may not
be far enough along yet for you, or it might be?  Just a suggestion.

Regards,
Steve

On 06/10/2013 08:07 AM, Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Hi Leroy.
>
> Heads up - Unfortunately you may now have a security issue - Oracle/Sun
> JDK is still working on applying fixes & patches for stability and
> security.  See Java Security bulletins for the last 12 months.  Iced Tea
> folks have been applying said patches all along.  You may have
> inadvertently opened a Security hole in your system, so heads up.  For
> Linux based systems, I've been recommending Iced Tea because it has been
> much more secure than the Oracle Java.  Check Oracle's Java bug list to
> see what they had been closing as "Not an issue" and why.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> On 06/04/2013 12:57 AM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>> <Rant> I understand the desire for open source alternatives to
>> proprietary technology but they have to work...  A recent OpenSuse
>> update stopped a working IcedTea configuration to my corporate network
>> and I really need that connection right now. </Rant>
>>
>> For those using OpenSuse the solution may be to switch back to Java,
>> for me it meant:
>>
>> Disabled IcedTea in firefox
>> Downloaded the latest x64 jre from java.com (didn't use an rpm, did
>> tar -xzf ...)
>> Created /usr/java, moved the download there and expanded it, created
>> symlink 'latest' to the jre... directory
>> Found firefox.sh installed by OpenSuse and discerned from it that
>> plugins are kept in /usr/lib64/browser-plugins
>> In /usr/lib64/browser-plugins I renamed javaplugin.so to
>> javaplugin.so-bad (no pun intended)
>> Created a javaplugin symlink (hmmm, just realized I left off the so
>> extension...) to /usr/java/latest/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so (per a web
>> reference)
>> Restarted firefox - an again-working solution!
>>
>> Hope this can help someone else.
>>
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