Hack on the JDK itself, right here in the OpenJDK Community: Browse the code on the web, clone a repository to make a local copy, and contribute a patch to fix a bug, enhance an existing component, or define a new feature. Announcing OpenJDK for Windows 10 on ARM. Bruno Borges. June 24th, 2020 5 0. Last year Microsoft announced the acquisition of jClarity to optimize Java™ workloads on Azure. This kicked off the beginning of our Java Engineering Group in Microsoft’s Developer Division, helping deliver on the vision of any developer, any app, and any platform. Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21. September 28, 2023. Bruno Borges. Today we are excited to share the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21 binaries for download. The release of Java 21, which includes both Language and Virtual Machine specifications changes, contains a series of features that sets Java 21 apart from many previous releases. Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is put through a rigorous suite of tests from the Eclipse Adoptium AQAvit project as well as the compliance tests from the Java Technology Compatibility Kit. This process typically takes 24-48 hours to complete but can take longer. Will Microsoft release out-of-band fixes due to critical or security vulnerabilities Hence the below method no longer works and exists because of historical reasons. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer. To automatically set up the Java 8 environment variables. sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default. Check it. Backports of the following enhancements and bug fixes: JDK-8250902 Implement MD5 Intrinsics on x86 - Java Bug System. JFR. JDK-8226897 Provide object age with JFR OldObjectSample event - Java Bug System. JDK-8232594 Make the output of the JFR command duration more user friendly - Java Bug System. jdk-8u25-windows-x64.exe /s ADDLOCAL="ToolsFeature,SourceFeature,PublicjreFeature" This works fine on a machine with no JDK/JRE 8 installed. However, I am running into a few issues: If JDK/JRE 8 is already installed, the installer UNINSTALLS both JDK & JRE instead of simply not doing anything (or re-installing) JDK 18. JDK 18 is the open-source reference implementation of version 18 of the Java SE Platform, as specified by by JSR 393 in the Java Community Process. JDK 18 reached General Availability on 22 March 2022. Production-ready binaries under the GPL are available from Oracle; binaries from other vendors will follow shortly. In case you are still looking for a Windows build of OpenJDK, Azul Systems launched the Zulu product line last fall. The Zulu distribution of OpenJDK is built and tested on Windows and Linux. We posted the OpenJDK 8 version this week, though OpenJDK 7 and 6 are both available too. JDK 8 Releases. The JDK 8 Early Access Program has concluded. Current versions of JDK 8 can be found on www.oracle.com/javadownload TJACP.