On 09/01/2010 04:21 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote:
When OpenOffice states that 512 MB is a minimum requirement for operation and
that 1 GB is preferable, just what does that mean?
For example, if I'm running Linux and have a 512 MB system, a certain amount will be taken up by the desktop environment and other background tasks. So does it mean OOo needs 512 MB to itself, or that it should find enough of what it needs on a 512 MB system?
I have a system with 512 MB and I'm running OOo from the command line (with
Java, so it can receive documents, convert to a PDF, then send them back), and
there's no desktop environment, that I'd be okay if, at the same time, I had
several Perl programs running?
I don't know how your specific requirements will evolve, but can assure
you that for the past four-five years I've been running various Linux
versions (this here is Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.4) with their respective
OpenOffice.org suites on this no-name 512-MB RAM box, alongside other
applications, with no problems at all, with swap picking up the slack as
needed.
Just my two cents...
john
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