From: "Don C. Myers" <[email protected]> > 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 Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp -- For 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
