The JDK (java Developer's Kit) which now is called J2SDK, and the runtime (JRE) is all free. There is also a linux x86 version both at Sun and blackdown. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.1/i386/01/ There are tools that cost money (integrated development environments) but you don't need them. You can do everything in emacs. I actually use VI and the linux console (that's it!). Also, the NetBeans IDE from Sun was free last time I checked. http://www.netbeans.org/ I haven't spent a dime on java development tools in many years of using it ... -- Doug
