platforms

What platforms are supported by Jogl and Newt?

Thank you.

On 05/09/2012 12:23 PM, nuzzle [via jogamp] wrote:
> What platforms are supported by Jogl and Newt?

We currently build &  test for the following platforms:

- Linux (intel/amd 32/64 bit, arm5 soft-float, arm7 hard-float..)
- Windows (intel/amd 32/64 bit)
- OSX >= 10.5 (intel/amd 32/64 bit)
- Solaris (intel/amd 32/64 bit)
- Android (API Level 9, arm5)

More are platforms / architectures can be easily added,
or are already possible when build from source.

Currently supported native windowing systems:
  - X11 / XGL (Unix, ..)
  - GDI / WGL (Windows ..)
  - Cocoa / CGL (OSX ..)
  - Android API (Android ..)

Currently supported abstract Java windowing systems:
  - AWT
  - SWT (WIP - Work in Progress)
  - NEWT (our own solution)

~Sven

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> Thank you.
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That's no less than what Oracle supports in their standard Java downloads, right? Good!

I gave up Java in frustration when Java3D was discontinued and there have been some close calls for Jogl over the years as well. I hope Jogl is sound and safe now and here to stay?

Hi

At first, this project has been abandoned by Oracle / Sun Microsystems several years ago, it is anew a community project.

Secondly, Java3D has been revived by some enthusiasts and I contributed in its port to JOGL 2.0.

Finally, JOGL cannot die, it is largely used especially in non gaming applications, in scientific visualization. It is actively maintained. Sven, Rami, Wade, ... have done a great job, we get lots of feedbacks, it's really nice. JOGL has been subjected to FUD campaigns (by a few supporters of our competitor) whereas we don't need Oracle support and our competitor should look at its own limitations (no real multi display support, a separated branch with low maintainance for OpenGL-ES, some important bugs especially under GNU Linux, no bug tracker, ...) instead of bothering us (even though generally its developers are friendly, only a few are hostile).