On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:42:54 -0700, Jean Lutrin wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm doing Java development using IntelliJ IDEA with Java JDK 1.4.1_02 (from
> Sun, not Blackdown) under Red Hat Linux 9.
>
> I started using Linux a lloonngg time ago (Slackware 2.xx in something like
> 1995) and never went back to DOS / Windows (I do work on Mac too though).
>
> Then I used Debian Gnu/Linux for some time (version 1.3 or something if I
> remember correctly).
>
> Then I used Red Hat Linux, for whatever reason.
>
> I like Red Hat Linux 9 (though it's a "newbie" style Distro - please don't
> flame me), but I'm experiencing a really frustrating problem : system sometimes
> hangs for a few seconds with no apparent reason. I tried the latest RH9 kernel,
> same problem.
>
> Several RH9 users have the same problem and I know that some solved it by
> switching to Gentoo !
>
> I'm willing to do the switch, this "emerge world" thing sure do look sexy
> amongst other niceties
>
> This is for a development machine, not a production one, so it's not a problem
> (don't flame me on this either ).
>
> But I'd like to know if anybody has already installed IntelliJ IDEA and Tomcat
> on a Gentoo system ?
>
> Does the "official" Java JDK 1.4.1_02 (or newer, though IntelliJ IDEA doesn't
> seem to work for the moment with JDK 1.4.2 !?) from Sun works flawlessly on
> a Gentoo system ?
>
> And, last but not least, does Gentoo use NPTL (Native Posix Threads Library) ?
>
> Bah, I may try Gentoo anyway even if nobody answers
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers,
>
> Jean

I run gentoo and develop java applications with Intellij Idea 3.0 w/Sun
JDK 1.4.2_01, it works flawless, never had any problems at all.

- KozmiC ( kozmic@digitalinc.info )