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I think it's admirable that you have such a wide experience with programming and open source. And I'm sure we could riff on Oracle and the Java platform all day

I think it's admirable that you have such a wide experience with programming and open source. And I'm sure we could riff on Oracle and the Java platform all day. But considering airsonic runs on Java, and you aren't developing for it, the only relevant issues with respect to the source language are performance and program size in terms of both memory and storage. Considering you're storing videos on this server, storing a tiny Java app is a non-issue. And the memory the program itself takes up is meager compared to the memory usage from streaming and encoding/decoding media. If I had to guess, based on the lean interface, it has a lower memory profile than Plex. Performance, again on par with Plex. So, if you don't have an ideological opposition to Java due to its proprietary nature, then I don't understand why you give a shit if the best media server for your needs runs on it.

kazinator 8y ago
I'm only responding to the idea that someone's experience is limited and dull if they don't work with Java. We can hardly avoid using Java stuff in daily lives. If you use Android at all, you're using Java programs. Lots of web applications have Java back ends.
- kakarot 8y ago
  The premise wasn't that OP doesn't work with Java. OP's premise was that they won't even use applications that use Java. Which is basically everything.
  - kazinator 8y ago
    Not really; OP seems not to want to install some server side thing written in Java, which is fair. I wouldn't want to muck around with it, either. If someone else has done that (on the other side of an HTTP wall, for instance), I don't care. > Which is basically everything. Sorry to burst your Java bubble, but no, it isn't.
    - kakarot 8y ago
      1. That was obvious hyperbole 2. I hate Java as a language but it is used in embedded systems everywhere. Oh look, another hyperbole.
chungy 8y ago
Java doesn't even have a proprietary nature (anymore). It is licensed under the GNU GPL.
- kakarot 8y ago
  Correct, I was pointing out that there isn't grounds for such a position.

kazinator 8y ago

I'm only responding to the idea that someone's experience is limited and dull if they don't work with Java. We can hardly avoid using Java stuff in daily lives. If you use Android at all, you're using Java programs. Lots of web applications have Java back ends.

kakarot 8y ago
The premise wasn't that OP doesn't work with Java. OP's premise was that they won't even use applications that use Java. Which is basically everything.
- kazinator 8y ago
  Not really; OP seems not to want to install some server side thing written in Java, which is fair. I wouldn't want to muck around with it, either. If someone else has done that (on the other side of an HTTP wall, for instance), I don't care. > Which is basically everything. Sorry to burst your Java bubble, but no, it isn't.
  - kakarot 8y ago
    1. That was obvious hyperbole 2. I hate Java as a language but it is used in embedded systems everywhere. Oh look, another hyperbole.

chungy 8y ago

Java doesn't even have a proprietary nature (anymore). It is licensed under the GNU GPL.

kakarot 8y ago
Correct, I was pointing out that there isn't grounds for such a position.