If I\'d switch from Sun JDK to OpenJDK which surprises do I have to prepare myself for?
What does frequently go wrong and how difficult can this be?
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OpenJDK (IcedTea) applets under linux are a MAJOR PAIN. I'm struggling with remote debugging a piece of rather rusty code for couple of hours already. Official documentation on how to attach to an applet in a browser simply does not work for me. There's no java console by default, BTW. I'm seriously considering replicating the applet config and using JDK built-in applet viewer instead of trying to debug the browser-hosted JVM.
UPD: I am not quite sure that OpenJDK does not have a browser plugin itself. Maybe this changed recently.