i just want to download the java runtime environment. When i go to http://www.java.com , the j2re 1.4 blah blah is available from download. while if i go to azureus home page they link you to suns page where jre 1.5 is available for download. can anyone tell me whats the difference.

JRE is the Java Runtime Environment, and J2RE is the Java 2 Runtime Environment.

 

You want to be using J2RE unless you have any specific reason not to (i.e. if you need support for deprecated features).

currently i have J2SE runtime enviroment 5.0 as recommended by the homepage of azureus.

 

available here

 

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp (the third download)

 

how is that different from the official j2re available from http://www.java.com