[SOLVED] is Java needed on my pc?

[Tac 25]

Hi, every few days a notifcation would pop up above the clock that "Java has an update".

when I click update, it would say I have previous versions of Java and those needed to be removed first before anything could be updated - so I don't proceed with the update.

question: what is Java, and do I need this thing on my pc?

 

[rgd1101]

question: what is Java, and do I need this thing on my pc?

some software use java. so it depend on what software you have installed

 

[Tac 25]

not sure which programs use it. I saw that Java on my pc was not used on the last 6 months.. so the programs that use it are probably not many.

will be keeping it around for now. Does not really bother me, except for the few update notification.