Got Linux working, need software...

[AMDPwred]

Now I need some new software to download. Maybe a free Java development package or something. Or something where I can share files/printers between Linux and Windows. Thanks for any help.

 

[neuralfx]

for all ur software needs, freshmeat.net .. for java, um you few choices, you can get Sun's java, or my personal fab, Blackdown, and there are a couple more, for both the jre and sdk are free, for file sharing and printer sharing you need Samba, whcih you probably already have, check out the LDP (linuxdoc.org) for a HOWTO for samba, its pretty easy, especially if u use swat .. good luck .. enjoy linux ..
-neural

 

[manly]

I'd recommend the Blackdown JDK 1.3.1 as well.

If you want to run on the bleeding edge, try Sun's JDK 1.4 beta3.

Btw, although Sun provides RPMs, the self-extracting .bin is easy to install.

As far as an IDE for Java, you could try emacs + a tool called JDEE (search for it on google).

If you want a full-blown visual IDE, the two cheap alternatives are JBuilder Personal or NetBeans (Sun's Forte for Java Community Edition is based on Netbeans).

 

[MGMorden]

If you're going to use KDE then definately get Blackdown over Sun JDK. Last I checked Konqueror only did Java through Blackdown (Sun's JDK was incompat).

 

[Louie1961a]

Here are some links you should definitely check out for good, free linux stuff:

IBM's linux zone

IBM Linux technology center

Free Linux Downloads of IBM products

 

[miniMUNCH]

You can download Borland Jbuilder personal edition for free...

 

[NorthenLove]

Doesn't Mandrake already come with JAVA development apps already ? Or is that just the retail version ?