open office

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Mon Jan 13 12:33:31 EST 2003


Yep, worked like a charm, Open Office now opens in approx. 9 seconds vs
the 75 seconds it used to take.
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:24, Cyber Source wrote:
> Ok, as long as were doing time trials,
> My machine running RedHat 8, Athlon 850mhz 256mb ram, takes 75 seconds
> to open Open Office.
> New install on machine running RedHat 8, Plll 500mhz 256mb ram, takes 9
> seconds to open Open Office.
> I also notice that the hidden folder on my machine ".openoffice" shows a
> du of 6mb, while the new install shows the hidden folder ".openoffice"
> of having a du of 1.4mb.
> So as my suspicions seem correct, it must be caching info in that
> folder. I will try and move the folder and see if the speed improves, it
> should just create a new one.
> On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 11:17, Frank Pirrone wrote:
> > Cyber Source wrote:
> > 
> > >Does any one else experience a HUGE wait when they open Open Office. Is
> > >it caching information somewhere and after alot of use it takes forever
> > >to open? I know it takes long to open even on fresh installs but this is
> > >ridiculous. Any thoughts?
> > >  
> > >
> > CS,
> > 
> > Time from initial menu click to end of load and blank page display is 19 
> > seconds on my PIII 600 MHz RedHat 7.2 system.  Time for subsequent opens 
> > is 7 seconds.
> > 
> > More info available if required.
> > 
> > Frank
> > 
> 





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