Java 7 or 8?

[theoldfarter]

Greetings
I have Windows 10 (64 bit) and I see that UMS is available in two versions of java, seven and eight. Which should I use and why?
Thanks

[renehoss]

I suppose if you have a Java version 7 installed you use the UMS-java7 version,
and if you have Java version 8 installed you use the UMS-java8 version.

You can check the installed version of Java through the Control Panel -> Java -> General | About.
Version 8.121 is the latest common version of Java.

[theoldfarter]

Thanks for your reply. I have the latest Java 8.
I get the notification when there is a new release of UMS but the link takes me to the Java 7 version.
Are you able to point me to where I can set up a notification that includes the link to the Java 8 version?
I have had a look around but no luck. Maybe I missed something.

About Java 7 vs 8. Do you know the differences?
I will Google it but the info I may find, or not, may not tell me much.
Have you any knowledge on it?

[renehoss]

Java version 8 is the latest and will have the longest support.
You can find UMS-java8 when you click the "down arrow" on the right side next to the Unix pinguin:
then a submenu will be revealed, it is kind of hidden...

[SubJunk]

There aren't any important differences between them. Java 8 is faster but not by much and not with operations we use a lot

[theoldfarter]

Java version 8 is the latest and will have the longest support.
You can find UMS-java8 when you click the "down arrow" on the right side next to the Unix pinguin:
then a submenu will be revealed, it is kind of hidden...

Found the link. As per usual, it was right under my nose. lol
Thanks.

[theoldfarter]

There aren't any important differences between them. Java 8 is faster but not by much and not with operations we use a lot

Thanks for that information. As I already have Java 8 installed, I will just keep downloading that version.