On Sep 3, 2010, at 10:10 AM, john d. herron wrote: > > 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...
That sounds like it's not much different from what I plan to be doing, but I won't have the overhead of X Server or a DE like KDE or Gnome. And it'll usually be handling only one Writer document at a time. I'm going to have program that receives the program through an IP connection, saves the document as a PDF, then sends it back the same way. If that works, then it'll also be creating documents, one after the other, and sending them to the printer. Thanks for the input! Hal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
