good afternoon,i am newbie in programming on Linux system.

i have a few question, could you help me?i want to learn Java in linux, what should i do first?i tried to get J2SE and then i saw this JRE, what is it?

second, i contact my lecturer and said that i already have the Java, but the problem is i can't using it because my lecturer said my java is somewhat IBM's java, not Sun.what is the different of this 2 kind of Java? i want to learn java towards network programming,where should i start?

oh, and i'm running SuSE 10.0 in compaq v2000

thanks for your kindness before

go to java.com download the bin file.
And follow the Install Instructions
JRE = java runtime Environment

Eclipse is the greatest (so many java programmers... slap me if I am wrong.)
Development Suite for Java coding.

There is not that much differences between Sun and IBM JVMs. They both comply to the Java standard, newer versions first appear from Sun though.

And to learn network programming, don't download the JRE, download a JDK, and, okay, I slap odcheck , NetBeans the greatest IDE for Java Coding.

As a beginner, you may want to try the NetBeans BlueJ special edition:
http://edu.netbeans.org/bluej/index.html

ok guys, i tried many times to download the J2SE and JDK, but i have poor internet connection in my campus

then i decided to just buy the CD contain java studio, bundled with all java things...tee..hee..

i'm working on it now..i finished installed it and just buy book head first Java, because im a real noob on Java.oh yeah jiliagre, what is the different on NetBeans BlueJ and NetBeans from Sun Java website?the things i still confused in this java is that there's so many IDE

by the way..you guys have helped me a lot...

The former is a simplified version of the latter, and includes some of the BlueJ features, including the ability to open BlueJ projects.
BlueJ is an IDE targetting beginners/students.
Maybe, but choice and competition between them are positive.

ow.... i c...

so that means the framework or the JVM is still the same, but every IDE offers different things, am i right?

and if i'm right, then NetBeans BlueJ is quite similar to NetBeans itself, and if i'm learned from scratch i could use the various IDE

thanks a lot jiliagre

--CMIIW--

Don't forget the IDE doesn't make the programmer! :-)