Ever since I switched to 64-bit GNU/Linux, at least 674 days ago, I have been living with the fact that the Sun JDK (a.k.a. The Java) for linux-amd64 lacks both Java Plugin and Java WebStart.

Every time I wanted to open one of those JNLP links like the following:

I have to turn around and reach for my Windows machine.

However, with my recently gotten OpenJDK, that turning around motion has become a thing of the past. Because OpenJDK for linux-amd64 includes both a Browser plugin and a Java WebStart player.

Here's me opening today's JavaFX Script sample from James Weaver's blog (Linuxy format, you may need VLC Media Player to view it):

As you can see, I'm furiously getting ready for my JavaFX Desktop SDK presentation at the OCI internal Java lunch this Friday. What I didn't prepare for was the fact that when they said at JavaOne 2008 that the JavaFX Desktop SDK will be ready by July, they meant by the end of July.

Well, I won't be demoing with the JavaFX Desktop SDK then. I'll show what's in the Subversion repository. Hopefully, the product won't be too far from what's in the repo.

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Posted by Weiqi Gao on July 23, 2008 7:58:10 PM CDT #