# OpenJDK and Linux

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**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/openjdk-and-linux/18553 "2018-06-21T11:08:55Z")\
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OpenJDK 8. In my laptop, it’s gentoo’s version packaged as ‘icedtea-bin’. If you are using the native client launcher, you can add `jvm-args="-XX:+UseG1GC"` to the command line in your shortcuts.

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