i have a Athlon XP1800+ with 640mb ddr pc2100ram, it takes me 3 seconds to start my own compiled openoffice-ximian1.1-r1, both first and second time, the openoffice1.0-bin i got took 12 seconds first time, and 7 seconds second time, so i am happy with my own compiled ;-)
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 23:28, Collins Richey wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:10:52 -0700 "Kevin Miller, Jr." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Check the forums. There was a discussion about this. I did not succeed in > > compiling it myself. Seems that those who have the newest versions of gcc > > are having problems. They do have a solution in the forums. > > > > Good advice, if you like lots of pain. > > The better alternative (IMHO) is to get an openoffice-bin (from portage) or > directly from the OO site. There has been a lot of noise about compiled > versions of OO being faster, but I've not experienced much difference on newer > versions. The OO 1.1 binary release comes up in about 8 seconds (or 3 seconds > when reloaded) on my AthlonXP 1800 (512Meg), practically the same as when I used > the compiled version. > > Of course, if you really have many hours and 5gig work space worth of patience, > have at it. > > Whatever version you get, there is still a few bugs. For example, when I try > to insert a special symbol, OO craps out. -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
