[libreoffice-users] Re: JRE older installs - Windows - nowonline- no need for Oracleaccount

From: "Don C. Myers" <donmyers@myersfarm.com>

> Hi Dave and all,
>
> I only run LibreOffice in Linux, specifically Ubuntu 11.04. Java versions 1.6.0_24 and 
> 1.6.0_26 essentially broke base. I have a database with about 2600 records in. Before 
> the two releases mentioned, going from the first record to last record took a second. 
> With either of those two versions, it would take 20 to 25 seconds. It slowed mail merge 
> to a crawl also. The way that the older version, such as 1.6.0_21 is installed in Linux, 
> or at least specifically in Ubuntu, it is only available for Libre Office. My browsers 
> all are using the most current version. I've checked. Also, 1.6.0_21 does not show up as 
> an installed package on the Linux system in synaptic package manager. It is only being 
> used for LibreOffice, primarily Base. There is no plugin installed to make it available 
> for browsers. I'm very security conscious. I've not run LibreOffice on Windows, so I 
> don't know if the issues of problems with Java affected Windows installs or not. One 
> post some time ago indicated it only affected Linux installs of LibreOffice. Regardless, 
> I now have a functional Base working as it should, and still have the security of the 
> latest released version of Java for Ubuntu for my browsers. Hopefully this will help you 
> understand the issue.

Yep, got it.

Luckily Ubuntu is not targeted to the degree that MS Windows is and thus you have a lessor 
degree of exploitation.



-- 
Dave
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