Using Zulu OpenJDK Builds

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Using Zulu OpenJDK Builds

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Azul Systems provides tested, certified builds of OpenJDK, under the name of Zulu. Zulu is free and open source software (and freely redistributable), and offers up to date OpenJDK builds of Java 12, 11, 8, and 7.

So why use the Zulu OpenJDK builds instead of Oracle Java or OpenJDK?

The Oracle Java license has changed for releases starting April 16, 2019. The new license only permits certain uses, like personal and development, at no cost, requiring a commercial license for other cases.
OpenJDK is not always up to date - this depends on the Linux distribution you're using. As an example, Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 have OpenJDK 8u191, and Ubuntu 19.04 doesn't even have OpenJDK 8, while the latest Oracle JDK 8 and Zulu JDK 8 is version 8u212. Also, OpenJDK 12 is only available on Ubuntu 19.04.


deb files :
https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/

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