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5YrsLaterDBA
5YrsLaterDBA

Reputation: 34820

JavaFX 2 and Linux

JavaFX 2 is not support Linux yet. Does this mean a client Linux machine (user machine) cannot run it or a server Linux machine (host machine) cannot run it or both?

*EDIT:*

JavaFX is for rich client. So the server will not run it, but store it and client will get it and run it, right?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1240

Answers (3)

ILMostro_7
ILMostro_7

Reputation: 1492

I realize this question was posed a while back (11/2011), but I thought it might help to point out the related Open Source project from the OpenJDK community called OpenJFX. Feel free to help out with development, if you're qualified to do so as well. Given the secure nature of Linux, this project should prove a secure/safe way to utilize the "hardware acceleration to run"; though, it's still in the development stages.

Take a look at the project wiki to learn how to build OpenJFX on Linux.

Upvotes: 0

Jack Edmonds
Jack Edmonds

Reputation: 33211

It means you can't use the JavaFX libraries on a machine running Linux. Neither a client Linux machine, nor a server Linux machine can use them.

Response to Edit

You can still store and serve JavaFX code on Linux machines. You just can't execute the JavaFX code on a Linux machine.

Note that JavaFX is different from Java. You can still use Java on Linux machines.

Upvotes: 1

Oystein Aadland
Oystein Aadland

Reputation: 416

JavaFx depends on hardware acceleration to run. This is currently not supported on linux (expected 2012). So if your server is executing JavaFx code, then it would not run on the server. If it is only delivering code to clients, like in an applet, then it would work.

Upvotes: 2

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