Yellowdog as desktop OS? (Java and VPN needed)

[Michael Baer]

>>>>> "Adhamh" == Adhamh Findlay <afindlay@austin.rr.com> writes:

    Adhamh> Hello, I'm considering switching to yellowdog as my
    Adhamh> desktop OS from OS X.  There are two main things that
    Adhamh> could stop me from doing this, one is JDK support and the
    Adhamh> other is VPN support.

    Adhamh> I found the thread about IBM's 1.4.1 JDK being hackable to
    Adhamh> work on yellowdog, but I'm concerned about forcing the 604
    Adhamh> class code to be used when I running a G4.  What are the
    Adhamh> implications of doing this?  I take it that the 1.3.1 JDK
    Adhamh> does not have the same processor limitation?

    Adhamh>  I found some older threads about IPSec support, but
    Adhamh>  nothing recent.  What
    Adhamh> type of client side VPN solutions are available for
    Adhamh> yellowdog?

If you want actual IPsec support (as opposed to a non-standard VPN),
you should probably look at freeswan, http://www.freeswan.org 
There is also net-policy, http;//net-policy.sf.net

Freeswan has bee around longer and is probably more stable.


Mike

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