Zulu is a 100% open source certified build of OpenJDK, running on Linux, Windows, and OS X. Zulu complies with the Java SE standard for Java SE 8, 7, and 6. Free to download and use, Zulu is available on Azure, AWS, Canonical’s Charm Store and the Docker hub. Zulu Enterprise subscriptions deliver 24 x 7 x 365 access to Azul’s Support team.
I've been using Zulu on Windows and OSX, and although it has many other features, I can mention 3:
- It is based on OpenJDK so you obtain practically the same performance compared to Hotspot;
- Azul offers options to embed it on your apps; and
- It only packs JDK and excludes the web plugin.
The project maintains a set of back ports for Java 6 and 7, allowing us to extend the transitions on our applications.
It needs a better update daemon. At this time the process is manual and could be an issue on multiple desktop deployments.
It does not include the Java Web Plugin. Although it will be discontinued in future JDK releases, this could be a problem for actual users.
2 years
We've had no issues with deployment.
We've had no issues with stability.
We've had no issues with scalability.
We switched because basically Oracle discontinued the Java 7 release and I was accustomed to use OpenJDK in Linux.
Not really. It only makes it easy to deploy OpenJDK.
