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OpenJDK6 and Red Hat related products

A fully Free software implementation of Sun's JDK for the Java SE 6 platform is available as follows:

Java Technology Stack included in Ubuntu

With Ubuntu 8.04LTS, Ubuntu Linux includes a fully Free software implementation of Sun's JDK for the Java SE 6 platform.

Java Technology Stack Component	Ubuntu 8.04LTS	Ubuntu 7.10 - Multiverse	Ubuntu 7.04 - Multiverse
Java Developer Kit (JDK) (Support)	Universe: based on OpenJDK 6 Multiverse: 6u6	6u3	6
NetBeans IDE (Support)	Universe: 6.0.1	5.5.1 v1	5.5, 5.5.1*
GlassFish (Support)	Multiverse: v2u1	v1	v1
Java DB (Support)	Multiverse: 10.3	10.2.2	10.2

*in backport

The Stack

Java Development Kit (JDK) - The core "engine" of the Java platform. JDK 6 is Sun's implementation of the latest Java SE platform.
- Ubuntu's Universe implementation is based on the OpenJDK 6 code base, which is a Free software implementation of Sun's JDK for the Java SE 6 platform.
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GlassFish - the open source Java EE 5 implementation
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NetBeans IDE - the latest release from the free and open source NetBeans community
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Java DB - Sun's supported distribution of the Apache Derby database
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Java Technology and Linux

All Java technology offerings for the server and desktop are tested and available for Linux: Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

Download the latest JDK 6 update release on the following Supported System Configurations.

Install JDK 6 optimized for specific GNU/Linux distributions (packaged by the distributions under the DLJ license -- see below for details).

Ubuntu 8.04 (code name "Hardy Heron")
- Documentation on installing Sun JDK 6
- Sun JDK 6 packages

Debian 4.0 (code name "Etch")
- Documentation on installing Sun JDK 6
- Sun JDK 6 packages

Gentoo
- Documentation on installing Sun JDK 6
- Sun JDK 6 packages

Development Tools

Sun's developer tools provide the ideal environment for developing new applications and integrating new capabilities into existing Linux services.

Building on Linux: Sun tools on SDN Channel—What has Sun been up to with the Linux platform? Find out by visiting the SDN Channel.
Sun Studio for GNU/Linux OS
Net Beans IDE
N1 Grid Tool Kit

OpenSolaris BrandZ Community

Explore the edge of open source innovation with BrandZ/lx from the OpenSolaris community, which enables user-level Linux software to run on an x86/x64 machine with a Solaris kernel. Learn More

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