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Re: [LUG] JRE suddenly missing

 

On 17/12/11 18:00, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>
> Apropos my original question, now that I have replaced the sun versions
> as recommended, I see that the sun versions are still showing in
> synaptic as installed. Would it be a sensible idea to remove them or
> just ignore them?

There is no benefit in having software you aren't going to use
installed, but there are downsides. More downsides if it has known and
exploitable security weaknesses - so I'd opt for removing.

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