the new version is in testing for x86_64, i686 will follow soon. please test it. look for the new features and especially if all fonts and characters are ok for you. I still expect some problems with Asian fonts. You can to some character tests here: http://www.pccl.demon.co.uk/java/unicode.html -Andy We are proud to announce the release of IcedTea6 1.5. The IcedTea6 project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 (http://openjdk.java.net) using Free Software build tools. What's New? ----------------- - Static trace support through systemtap. When given the configure option --enable-systemtap IcedTea will build hotspot with the dtrace static markers enabled and install an hotspot tapset that can be used to dynamically trace execution of java applications at runtime. See the tapset/hotspot.stp file for documentation of the various trace points and arguments available. - Allow building of other virtual machines besides the default VM. Additional virtual machines on architectures where hotspot is available are cacao and zero (or shark), and cacao, where zero (or shark) is available. It's not possible to build cacao as the default VM, and zero as additional VM. - Update to latest HotSpot minor build (hs14b10-->hs14b15) from the new HotSpot Express repository. - Updated to OpenJDK b16 build. - VisualVM updated to 1.1.1. - Updated to support CACAO 0.99.4. - Several web browser plugin and javaws support fixes: - Fixed security handling to prevent access denials when there is a site specific exception in the policy file - Allow extentions (chrome) to run Java code with full permissions - Added non-trusted SSL support to WebStart (javaws) - Added proxy support - Other improvements that were breaking specific sites (tag parser fix, nested jar support, etc.) - Added JVM Console (used by http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/) - Removed gcjwebplugin support. - LCMS security fixes. - Many build improvements. - Many gervill, java2d, nio2, pulse java, zero/shark, jtreg fixes. - Experimental out-of-the-box cross-compilation support (not yet finished) - Other bug fixes.