# Ubuntu 12.04 Java?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394 "2012-05-02T11:51:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jim\_lapratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jim\_lapratt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jim_lapratt)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394/1 "2012-05-02T11:51:50Z")

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Well just installed the latest Ubuntu 12.04 on laptop. Does Ignition support openJDK or should we stick with Sun?

My first round with openjdk did not look so good, why I am asking.

Yes, Unity is going to take some time to learn to like ![:scratch:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/76d1620bec252bfac07050c889ff5a91dc8a9c25.gif ":scratch:")

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394/2 "2012-05-02T14:44:04Z")

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I’ve been using OpenJDK 7 since the 12.04 release and haven’t had any issues pop up yet… No promises though 😈

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**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394/3 "2012-05-02T14:48:15Z")

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For Java 7, all Java implementations are based on the OpenJDK base, including Oracle’s. So I would think that you should be OK.

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**Author:** ![jim\_lapratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jim\_lapratt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jim_lapratt)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ubuntu-12-04-java/4394/4 "2012-05-02T18:22:15Z")

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Well all is working on openjdk and icedtea.