I do believe that there were some performance improvements with the later builds of 2.0 (ie, 1.9.104), but I've not idea whether this will mean a sub 60 second load time for the spec'd machines you mentioned.
/paul On 7/12/05, Colin McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear CPH > > >>Colin, > This is more appropriate to the users@ list > > Ok tell me how to fix this? You are saying that it is related to using or > installing openoffice? > Well show me how to install openoffice so that it loads under 10 seconds on a > pentium 200 with 64mb of ram. Ok even if we have to use 128mb of ram on say a > p2 350 we still don't get a loading time that is under a minute on a linux > box. If we Quick start it then the performance increases but it is still very > slow to load. Yet we do this on a windows box we find a much improved load > time. > > I am using versions 1.1.2, 1.1.3 and 1.1.4. I have tried openoffice 2.0 Beta > though don't think that it was recent (are there improvements related to my > problem) I will load one up. > > I have tried many different linux versions to address this problem. The > best is a server install of ubuntu trimmed off with a lightweight > display manager. I have to write my own quicklaunch application to use > the quick start option. Believe it or not openoffice actually works > quite well on the above systems, it just takes a few years to load. > > Cheers > > Colin > > CPHennessy wrote: > > >Colin, > > This is more appropriate to the users@ list. > > > >What version of OOo are you using ? > > > >Are you using the quick starter option ? ( I think so as you mentioned > >"preloader" ) > > > >Have you tried using a recent build of OOo 2.0 beta ? > > > >CPH > > > >On Saturday 09 July 2005 05:45, Colin McDermott wrote: > > > > > >>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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
