August 2, 2019
Debian Buster (10) no Java 8 support
I installed Debian 10 onto X220 laptop and discovered that it's no official support for Java 8 according to debian mailing list. Also an installation of recommended PPA containing Java 8 which requires adding gpg keys via apt-key fails. Little disappointed by the keys shit. I'm looking for some other options, as Java 8 is critical for me and I really don't wanna mess up with unofficial openjdk builds.
This resembles me a lot this almost comedian video on how hard to describe the life of sysadmin to non-it people. Palm, palm, palm.
Video link
So no Debian 10 for my X220. Thinking about arch (used it for some years, with some luck of failing video drivers - I don't have a good feeling about it being on laptop) or centos (happy with it on server, not sure about client). Also maybe a Debian 9 is a logical choice as seems like it has Java 8 supported by default.
This resembles me a lot this almost comedian video on how hard to describe the life of sysadmin to non-it people. Palm, palm, palm.
Video link
So no Debian 10 for my X220. Thinking about arch (used it for some years, with some luck of failing video drivers - I don't have a good feeling about it being on laptop) or centos (happy with it on server, not sure about client). Also maybe a Debian 9 is a logical choice as seems like it has Java 8 supported by default.
Labels: arch, centos, debian, java, java 8, laptop, linux, openjdk, opensource, x220
