Point Java Programming on Linux is that while Java software generally looks the same from platform to platform - that's the glory of the portable nature - a tool for producing software differ among operating systems. Although this book does include some general material on Linux and Java (both of which receive better coverage elsewhere, in a volume dedicated), it is the best available catalog of Linux development tools for Java. For the dedicated Linux user who knows Java well and wants to do serious development work in languages without switching platform, Java Programming on Linux provides a statement of what programmers can do - and what is means to assist their Wall. - David Topics covered: Aspects of developing and deploying Java software on computers running the Linux operating system, while Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) as applicable to Linux and how versions of JDK 1.1 and 1.2 differ in that environment; documentation of Linux development and runtime tools for Linux.