Ive sent this off to the mailing list but mabie you can help me better.
I am using a ubuntu based server install system.
Openoffice though seems to run extreemly slow on low ram systems under
any linux version. I am talking 64mb or 128mb of ram.
I have preloaded it, I have trimmed it I have done everything. I have
even run the windows version under wine (which worked surprisingly well).
How can I get openoffice up to speed? This is a really important issue.
Colin
Dear Open Office
I am a computer recyclers. I get old Pentium 2's and rebuild them with
Linux.
I am having an issue with open office on a Pentium 2 with 64mb of ram it
takes 3 minutes to load on a minimal desktop. If I preload this via the
command ooffice -quickstart & then run openoffice it takes a little over
1 minute. If I increase this to 128mb of ram it preforms a little
better. But it still takes an incredible amount of time to start up.
This is followed by a 10 second lag where your words will come up slowly.
Altering the memory usage controls does nothing.
I have compared these machines with the equivalent (actually poorer)
windows machines. They run open office much faster even though Windows
xp uses much more memory. I haven't even preloaded them.
Is there any plans for a lighter version of open office that can still
read .doc specifications (I know about abiword and koffice)?
Alternatively is there a library that I can add to make openoffice
usable if you are running only 64mb of ram?
Is there a team that is working on making a lighter version of open
office (I will join it)?
Could I please get some answers to these questions. Recycling old PC's
is a huge issue. We need an office sweet that is use able and so far
your office sweet is it. Sadly it cannot run well on these machines as
they are not the latest specification.
Please Open office you are my only hope?
--
Colin McDermott
Reboot Computer Reuse centre
Ubuntu Lite
http://groups.google.com.au/group/ubuntu_lite
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