
Today we feature an in-depth interview with three members of
FreeBSD's Core (Wes Peters, Greg Lehey and M. Warner Losh) and also a major FreeBSD developer (Scott Long). It is a
long read, but we touch a number of hot issues, from the Java port to corporate backing, the Linux competition, the 5.x branch and how it stacks up against the other Unices, UFS2, the possible XFree86 fork, SCO and its Unix IP situation, even re-unification of the BSDs. If you are into (any) Unix, this interview is a
must read.
FreeBSD has TONS of Java support. Due to it's excellent Linux emulation, it can run all of the Linux JVMs and SDKs. I've used the Sun and IBM Linux SDKs and never had a single issue with stability or compatibility. I've also used the FreeBSD Java ports and i've read somewhere that the 1.3 version is actually upwards of 90% compatible with Sun's version.