Hi :) So the trick would be to try to download and use the LibreOffice from the Raspberry Pi people. Compiling yourself takes a ridiculously long time. If the RPi one does work then it's an instant win Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >To: >Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> >Sent: Friday, 5 April 2013, 21:26 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the loading speed of >Calc ? > > >I have heard that the RPi system uses a Debian based OS that was >"modified/compiled" for the RPi, and that the LO version for the RPi was >compiled from the Debian-based source code to work efficiently on the RPi's >specific architecture. The RPi speed is similar to a P4 300 to 700 MHz >depending on the OS, the model [A or B], and tweaks to the hardware. > >The good news for US, LO and TDF, is the RPi is near its 1 million mark of >made/sold units and its default office package is LibreOffice. Even if a >quarter of those some units have had the user installed LO on them, that will >give LO a set of young [or no so young] users. The user count for that could >be 200,000 or more world wide. Getting the young school kids started with LO >should tend to make them want to use LO on more traditional and more powerful >systems. > >As for the RPi/Pi system. . . . . >It was designed for the education market. They are inexpensive basic >one-board systems to help teach school age kids how to program in a few >languages, like Python, and by using a attachable controller to be able to >create simple [and complex] electronic devices/system for robotics and >controller systems. They were meant to be low costing entry level systems for >those kids and schools that did not have the budgets to buy all of the needed >"units" for their computer lab to have one computer per student in the lab. >Actually, with the SD card having both the OS and data/programs, the student >could have a RPi at home and bring in the SD card he/she was using and work on >the same OS and data/program in the school's lab. No need to have a networked >server with student accounts and such. The RPi was designed to work as well >as it could at the lowest cost possible to the schools and the kids. > > >Atom based, and similar, systems were not powerful enough for my needs for >home/office and mobile needs. > >So I forgot all of the tricks and tweaks that could be used in the slower >systems still out there for used systems and for sale in the small foot-print >system that have Atom and similar speed/power CPUs. > > >For me, even a single core AMD 3500+ CPU with 512 - 1,024 MB RAM desktop seems >too slow for my needs. My Intel dual core T3200 2.0 GHz CPU and 3 GB RAM DELL >laptop seems slow to me now. My new[er] dual core Intel Pentium B950 2.1 GHz >with 4 GB RAM Gateway laptop is better, but not up-to my quad desktop I bought >in Feb 2010. I needed the power/speed of the quad for my home/office use. > > >On 04/05/2013 10:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> Sadly i suspect that it's really going to take someone building it from >> source code in order to make much faster. Current builds and standard >> downloads are built against very different architecture. It might be worth >> exploring the Pi project to see if they have a usable build but that might >> still be not quite perfect on other Atom machines. The Pi one is likely to >> be shed loads better even if not quite perfect. >> >> Sorry, i should have thought of it before! >> Apols and regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >> *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org >> *Sent:* Friday, 5 April 2013, 14:56 >> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How I can reduce the >> loading speed of Calc ? >> >> On 04/05/2013 03:22 AM, JR75018 wrote: >> > Hi krackedpress, >> > >> > This is accounting. I try to explain in details: >> > >> > Three lines and for each three columns of numeric datas and two >> of text . >> > Two colums are the sums of the expenses for each account => for >> one of them >> > I have 24 lines and three colums: one for text, one for the >> expenses and one >> > for the dates. For the two others I have three columns : one of >> text and >> > two of expenses. For one of this both account I have 25 lines >> and for the >> > last one 8 lines. I have two celles more with a sum in each. >> Nothing more >> > complicated except different colors. 18 cells with sums. >> > >> > My LO version is 4.0.1.2 (in french). >> > >> > Number of operations : 100. >> > Memory for LO : 20 Mo >> > Memory per item : 5,2 Mo. >> > >> > My file : 24,6 ko (28 on the disk). >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > Jacques >> >> Thanks >> >> Yes, the sheet is not complex enough for the file to be large and >> slow. >> >> We must have a user out there that knows tricks for speeding up Atom >> systems. >> >> >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: >> users+h...@global.libreoffice.org <mailto:h...@global.libreoffice.org> >> 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 >> >> >> > > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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 > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
