Hi :) Tim has uploaded java version _21 which seems to be the best version for LibreOffice http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u21-windows-i586-s.exe
That is the Windows-only version. The linux version has a name something like java-1.6.0_21 The _20 that is in some distros repos is fine, not quite as good but good enough. Likewise the _22 is ok too. The _23 seems to be slow and causes problems for some people while the _24 and onwards seem to cause a lot of problems even crashing LibreOffice for some people. Oracle are developing java which i find interesting. OpenJDK, which is recommended in the release notes for LibreOffice, seems to cause a few problems for people and i think it's just not as highly developed, yet. I'm sure it will get there and the coding is probably a lot more elegant and secure given the nature of these projects. I think people will need to have 2 versions of java; one for their web-browser and one for LibreOffice until the code clean-up has removed any dependence on java. I don't know if there is documentation about how to install 2 versions of java, or if it's easy or if documentation refers to versions of java somewhere. Would be a good plan to mirror the java that Tim has uploaded to make sure it is still accessible for LibreOffice users? Anyway, i thought it would be good for people to know that Tim has kindly uploaded a good version for us all :) Regards from Tom :) ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Tim Lungstrom <[email protected]> To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 1 September, 2011 13:17:39 Subject: uploading the JREs to my NA-DVD site The updates 20 - 22 are now uploaded to the JRE folder of the "default English" NA-DVD site at LibreOffice-NA.US. Since my upload speed is about double dial-up speeds [great download one though] it takes a few minutes to do these 15 MB files. Which one would you recommend for use? You can be the one to decide and post to the User's list, if you want, since you prefer an earlier one than update 23. I hate that you have to sign up for an Oracle account - with a working email address - to be able to download them. I have not downloaded any version other than Windows i586. It looks like there is a 64-bit version as well, but I do not know if it works, since every Windows machine I have used was 32-bit. http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u23-windows-i586-s.exe http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u22-windows-i586-s.exe http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u21-windows-i586-s.exe http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u20-windows-i586-s.exe -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
