On 04/15/2012 12:38 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) The 6_24 was the first one that seemed to cause slow-downs in > earlier versions of LibreOffice, 3.3.x and 3.4.x branches (prior to > 3.4.5). More recent versions of java seem to have often caused > crashes as well as slowdowns. The best version seems to have been > the 6_21. That seemed to be the pinnacle for those early LOs. > > LibreOffice 3.5.x and 3.4.5&3.4.6 seem to prefer the newest possible > versions of java, preferring ultra-latest versions such as 7_3 even > before they get released. > > On Gnu&Linux you are considerably safer than if you were running > Windows or even Mac. Mac started with unix-based security so they > tend to be significantly safer but they are a proprietary system so > presumably they are not able to respond so quickly to threats. I > think making something proprietary introduces other potential > vulnerabilities anyway even though that is contra-intuitive. ...
Right... You keep promoting earlier versions of Java, I guess you've not heard what happened to Apple for not updating their Java versions: <https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5228> <<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57410476-37/apples-security-code-of-silence-a-big-problem/>> <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/14/apples-flashback-fixes-three-belts-and-a-pair-of-suspenders/?iid=HP_LN> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
