Java Runtime Environment

[Stephen]

Marco Segreto wrote:
> Hey I have questions about Java on a powerpc. I wanted to install the 
> Java plugin so I can see java applets in Firefox as well as the Java 
> Runtime Environment. I wanted to be able to write and compile java 
> programs on ubuntu.
>
> I've read various places that theres no Java for Linux PowerPC and 
> theres a couple of open projects such as IcedTea or OpenJava or IBM's 
> Java 2.something. What's my best option to install the plugin and 
> install the Java Runtime Environment? Are there any IDE's that would be 
> available as well if I wanted to start programming in Java?
>
>   
There is Netbeans which is an IDE for writing java programs. I installed 
it on my ubuntu 8.10 and now I have it on ubuntu 9.04.

I am just learning but it seems to work fine.