The Blackdown Java-Linux Team is happy to announce the availability
the Java 2 Standard Edition v1.4.2-02 for Linux on i386 and
Linux on AMD64.

J2SE v1.4.2-02 can be download from
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.2/ and our FTP mirrors 
(see http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html)

Release Notes:
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* Integrated latest Sun code

* Several small fixes


Notes for the AMD64 Version:
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The AMD64 version of J2SE 1.4.2-02 uses the HotSpot Server VM by
default.  The HotSpot Client VM is not available for AMD64 at this
time.

* Requirements
    - glibc 2.2.5 or newer
    - kernel 2.4.19 or newer
    - XFree 4.2 or newer
    - 64-bit build of Mozilla 1.0 or newer (needed only for the Java Plug-In)


Notes for the i386 Version:
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The i386 version of J2SE 1.4.2-02 uses the HotSpot Client VM by
default.  The HotSpot Server VM can be enabled with the '-server'
switch.

* Requirements
    - i586 compatible system
    - glibc 2.2.5 or newer
    - kernel 2.4.18 or newer
    - XFree 4.2 or newer
    - Mozilla 1.0 or newer (needed only for the Java Plug-In)


General Notes:
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* In order to use the epoll based NIO selector instead of the default
  poll based one, you have to run your code with '-Djava.nio.use_epoll=true'


Feedback:
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Please e-mail comments to j2se-feedback@blackdown.de or to our public
mailing list (see http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mailinglist.html).



        Blackdown Java-Linux Team