Hmm. Very nice, but if those changes aren't ported back to OpenJDK, that's locking you into Amazon in a very un-Java-ry way.
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You are correct, the Azul guy (who reported it) goes into considerable detail here: https://github.com/docker-library/openjdk/issues/320# NEVERTHELESS, software supply chain is important. Whatever JVM one chooses should have a good answer to how they handle it.
> NEVERTHELESS, software supply chain is important. Whatever JVM one chooses should have a good answer to how they handle it. We do agree on that. We also agree that Linux distributions & Docker official images have been doing shitty job in the past which is what your article is talking about. Thanks to Gil Tene continuous efforts to raise awareness about this issue, situation has somewhat improved. My point is that…
> Your initial comment seems very unfair to them and could misguide some people.
Agreed, alas I cannot edit it anymore.
I was wrong in my understanding as to how the 'mystery meat' got into the flow. Having looked at the AdoptOpenJDK repos it's clear they do their work in the open. That's no guarantee, but is the best choice over the long term. And a JVM is a long term thing.
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I'm still struggling to learn what patches exactly Amazon put in their OpenJDK build. Does anyone know how to get access to these details?
One patch (back in Corretto 11) relates to arm64, the CPU architecture that their Graviton EC2 instances (m6g/r6g/c6g/etc) use. It significantly reduces lock-related context-switch overhead and improves performance of high-concurrency Java applications as a result. Replacing OpenJDK 11 with Corretto can reduce CPU utilization of Kafka brokers on that platform by up to 20%.
That's nice but where can I read about it?
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#64Dumb question: for home/hobby type coding, what is the best JDK to install on my Mac?
I use the M1-native one from adoptium.net
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Cornetto is a sort of Italian croissant. You could conceivably have a Caffé corretto and a cornetto for breakfast ;-)
Or an ice-cream, which you could also have for breakfast, because you can do whatever you like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetto_(frozen_dessert)
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Friendly reminder that if you install virtualbox with guest services at work, Oracle lawyers will eventually demand a huge sum from your company.
What exactly are "guest services" in VirtualBox?
I think it refers to extra integration features like window resizing, clipboard read/write, drag-n-drop files between guest and host, etc.
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#67Timely or topical, considering that O is now auditing Java. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/22/oracle_starts_to_incl... If you're not familiar with O, or wondering why an innocuous statement like the above strikes fear into people, it's not about just licensing Java. It's about their extortionate tactics and how they try to catch you in gray areas due to ambiguous wording in their terms and conditions, and demand…
They were already doing some Java license auditing. Last year we were contacted about some small usage of Oracle JDK 8 they detected via auto-update checks from our corp IPs.
Our usage of Oracle Java 8 is classed as free still, and we pay Azul for the rest of our Java usage. I highly recommend Azul if you are looking for a vendor.
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What exactly are "guest services" in VirtualBox?
I think it refers to extra integration features like window resizing, clipboard read/write, drag-n-drop files between guest and host, etc.
Then he is wrong. That's GPL, you can get it installed straight from your distros's repo.
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What exactly are "guest services" in VirtualBox?
I think it refers to extra integration features like window resizing, clipboard read/write, drag-n-drop files between guest and host, etc.
Those features are from VirtualBox Guest Additions.
VirtualBox Extension Pack, on the other hand, provides support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.
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Cornetto is a sort of Italian croissant. You could conceivably have a Caffé corretto and a cornetto for breakfast ;-)
Or an ice-cream, which you could also have for breakfast, because you can do whatever you like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornetto_(frozen_dessert)
I miss Cornetto! The texture of the cream and the chocolatey bits at the top bring up very fond childhood memories. Also some of them IIRC have a solid chocolate bottom in the cone.