IcedTea Picks Up Java X Render Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: IcedTea Picks Up Java X Render Support

IcedTea, the free software Java project based upon Sun's OpenJDK code-base, has reached version 1.4. IcedTea 1.4 is based upon OpenJDK7 Hotspot 14 and brings several security fixes, improved support for ALSA / PulseAudio, and a few web-browser plug-in enhancements...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzAzNA

[Louise]

Does this mean that IcedTea now can replace the Java browser plugin from sun.com?

I tried IcedTea for 6 months ago, and my netbank didn't work with it

[timofonic]

But JBidWatcher still not works correctly with IcedTea...

[chithanh]

As Sun has now released Java 6 Update 12 including the 64-bit browser plugin, it is not necessary to use IcedTea for that purpose alone any more.

[timofonic]

As Sun has now released Java 6 Update 12 including the 64-bit browser plugin, it is not necessary to use IcedTea for that purpose alone any more.

But IcedTea is Free (as in freedom) Software...