I have an AMD 1800+ (1.15Mhz), 512DDR,7200 40G HD. For me, it takes 5 sec to load the OO 1.9.122 text document, 4 sec to load OO 1.9.122 without using QS.(I defrag on a regular basis of once per week.)
--- Mark Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1.9.125 (v2,. Beta 2) starts on Linux (RHEL4) in > about 4 seconds---with > no special measures > > David Teague wrote: > > > > > There have been articles about load time for > OpenOffice.org > > components. The consensus was that ooqstart-gnome > or other > > preloader could help. That didn't help me much, > but Iike OO.o > > so much that I would leave a compent loaded so the > start time > > is minimized. The following works well, and > doesn't require > > that you leave a copy of OO.o running. > > > > There is an article in Linux Journal by Tom > Adelstein on how > > to speed up loading OpenOffice.org. Here is a > link: > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8308 > > > > The author posted on the Ubuntu Users group > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] the following > > > > > > "You can add a quickstart applet to GNOME by > installing the program > > ooqstart- gnome, which may help some. However, an > internal adjustment > > to OOo Writer can improve the entire > > suite's performance. > > > > [Under Windows XP it cuts the load time from about > 100 seconds > > to about 20 seconds] > > > > "To accomplish this, you need to start the word > processor, Writer. > > Next, you need to open the Tools drop-down menu > and select options. > > Once you open the options box, you are ready to > adjust the memory and > > speed up your Linux productivity suite. (see > figure 3 in the article) > > > > > > [The author evidently posted an image here, the > Ubuntu list removed > > it, but I followed the link above and figured out > what he is saying.] > > > > > > "In the above figure, you can see that we selected > the first expansion > > box and then clicked Memory with our mouse. This > exposed the window > > you see in Figure 3. I changed the default values > under the Graphics > > cache for Use for OpenOffice.org and Memory per > Object. I increased > > the first value from 6 to 128MB. I also increased > the second value > > from .5 to 20MB. > > > > "After clicking OK, I closed the word processor > and reopened it two > > times. On each occasion, the application took less > time to open. Under > > Ubuntu, I found that OO Writer opened in three > seconds, and in Fedora > > it opened in less than six seconds. Previously, it > took 30 and 26 > > seconds, > > respectively, for the word processor to launch. > > > > "NOTE: So people doubted the hack, but then others > came back and said > > it works absolutely. > > It does work. But consider the other > optimizations. " > > > > > > This hack reduced startup time for my Windows > system from an > > annoying 15-20 seconds with the quick starter to 2 > - 3 seconds > > (also with the quick-starter). > > > > It appears to me that you must have enough memory > to support > > both this and your other resident software for > this to be successful. > > > > Would someone please comment on this idea? > > > > David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt > > Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in > fifths > > www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com > > www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red > Mitchell, > > http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; > www.larryholloway.com > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
