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		pqs on July 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mono outpaces Java in Linux desktop development That's what I thought when I read this article. I've been using linux for years and I only remember to have used on Java App: jabref.

jonasvp on July 10, 2009 [–]

Funny, everybody on Linux seems to have exactly one Java app... mine's jBidwatcher.

Maxious on July 10, 2009 | [–]

I have exactly one too - the jabber server daemon Openfire.

I know it's exactly one because sometimes I want to quickly check if it's running and that's just a "ps -A | grep java" :P

axod on July 10, 2009 | | [–]

or you could just do "jps" :P

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