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Unless you need Oracle's JDK specifically, use one of several certified OpenJDK distributions. Amazon Coretto is a popular choice and they already have a v24 ve

Unless you need Oracle's JDK specifically, use one of several certified OpenJDK distributions. Amazon Coretto is a popular choice and they already have a v24 version. There are a few others. Temurin (weird name but basically the eclipse.org one) doesn't yet have one but is popular. At this point there is no/little functional difference between distributions. The main reasons for using Oracle's distribution are usually non-technical and have to do with compliance, existing license & support agreements with Oracle. Unless you are a bank (or similar organization) that has deals with Oracle on this or your CIO/CTO/legal tells you to use Oracle, you should avoid Oracle. There is no technical advantage and you potentially expose yourself to complicated licensing and commercial requirements and related auditing requirements.

pron 2y ago
All OpenJDK distributions, from all vendors, are also licensed by Oracle (which develops OpenJDK) with the GPLv2+CPE licence. The vendors build Oracle's source code and host branded binaries. If you file an issue, unless it's a problem with the build, they just forward it to Oracle. Oracle also distributes the JDK with that same licence here: https://jdk.java.net https://jdk.java.net, so there are two Oracle distributions with two different licences, both free but one open-source.