[ILUG] Forte for Java for Linux / Java IDEs on Linux

[Paul Barry]

On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 09:00 , Cormac McClean wrote:
> I'm evaluating Java IDEs for Linux (RH 7.2) for use on courses 
> here in AIT.
> I've successfully downloaded and I'm now installing Borland's 
> JBuilder. But I'm
> having problems installing Forte for Java.

I've been using Java on Linux for 3/4 years in commercial 
development and Sun's JDK 1.3.x has problems on Linux. I use the 
IBMJDK with much better results. jakarta.apache.org is a good 
place for pretty independent reviews of Java on Linux. The 
tomcat people recommend NOT using Sun JDK on Linux, but the IBM 
JDK instead. Sun's JDK is fine on Solaris and NT/2K. Don't know 
about 1.4 on Linux.

BTW, I use XEmacs/JDE/ant for development and it's very slick, 
although that's probably not a great  solution for people who 
don't know some emacs beforehand.

pb