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...etailed introduction to Linux, based on CentOS. I recently decided to make a free online version available as well. Those among you reading french might be interested. Here's the link : Presentation: http://www.microlinux.fr/documentation.html#online Introduction: http://www.microlinux.fr/linux_aux_petits_oignons/avant-propos/avant-propos.html Book index: http://www.microlinux.fr/linux_aux_petits_oignons/sommaire/sommaire.html Enjoy! Niki

...There's some documentation available online, but one quickly gets the feeling it's quite a mess. I also admit being a contributor to the mess, since the Linux book I published in June 2009 gives a detailed - and now obsolete - description about installing JRE : http://www.microlinux.fr/linux_aux_petits_oignons/chapitre_8/01.php#java Any advice on how to go about that without jumping through burning loops? A pointer to some concise documentation or, even better, a short and working step-by-step HOWTO? Cheers, Niki Kovacs -- http://www.kikinovak.net

Hello. Package Manager reports (with a green checkmark) that I have java-1.6.0 installed on my machine (running Cent 5.3), but it seems to not be running. I used http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml and got "Something is wrong. Java is not working." Perhaps I'm confused on which program I need to use java-coded apps. PM lists this app as "OpenJDK Runtime