Hi all, in respect of the "recent" CentOS forum thread, (found here https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=28126&forum=38) I wrote a "Sun/Oracle Java Installation Manual for CentOS 5" - posted on my Wiki Profile page, http://wiki.centos.org/MilosBlazevic?action=show and would like update the Java Wiki page with this content. Of course, for this to happen only after a thorough revision of the manual by the community. All critics and suggestions are most welcome. Now, regarding the current JavaOnCentOS Wiki page: I'm fully aware of the "cry-outs" that the whole page needs a revision and a maintainer, and I'm willing to contribute in the form of "Java installation manual for desktop users", which is IMHO vaguely covered on the Java Wiki, section 3.1 "Java for the desktop user". Now don't get me wrong, although installing self-extracting .rpm is far from rocket science, novice users usually find it disappointing to find out that OpenJDK is still in use after they install a self-extracting .rpm binary. And this often leads to forum threads like the mentioned one above. Anyway, the proposed article is supposed to deal with this and a few other minor matters (eg. a number of sun-javadb*.rpm files found in the working directory after the installation). Of course, I'd also like to discuss and possibly revise other parts of the current page, but sadly most of it (namely "Java for the developer and the server environment") apart from not being my field, is also more time consuming than I can afford at the moment. Looking forward to your comments. -- *Kind regards,* *Milos Blazevic* Signature Cert. No: 805010564450148
