On 07/25/2010 01:06 AM, Jonathan Beatty wrote:
> However, I am just now beginning Java programming and I am
wondering
> if there is any substantial difference between java-1.6.0-openjdk and
> the sun jdk.
As a beginning programmer, no. The differences are highly technical in nature and do not
show themselves early on in your endeavor as a programmer. There is a noticeable
performance loss on older platforms, but that's not true on semi-modern machines, I
find.
I think you can install both and use the "alternatives" mechanism to
choose which one to use.