On 09/18/2007 06:46 PM, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 05:37:44 pm James Knott wrote: >> Those who have Lotus Smart Suite files may be interested in this. As I >> understand it, it's Smart Suite updated to work with ODF. >> >> http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa > > However, be prepared to give it some room LOTS of room. > > The install requires around 480 MB and the download itself is 223 MB! (for > Linux that is). > I think the Windoze install is 133 MB. > > Why the space difference? I have no idea. However, I have installed it on a > slower single proc WinXP machine with 512 MB RAM and it is SLOW to say the > least.
<http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/product_faqs_normandy.jspa#4> What are the client system requirements? * Lotus Symphony supports both Microsoft Windows® and Linux® platforms. Note: Be sure your system meets these client system requirements: * Supported Windows platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista * Supported Linux platforms: SLED 10, RHEL 5, Redhat5 * 900MB disk space minimum * 1GB RAM memory minimum <=== note * US English locale Maybe they are trying to keep up with Vista :-) > > I'm downloading the Linux version now to try on my DualCore Laptop w/2GB of > RAM. We'll see how it goes. > > The interesting thing about this package is that it harps back to the > StarOffice 5.2 days. If any of you have been around long enough to remember > the single window in which all your docs, etc. opened, you'll quickly > recognize Symphony. I still have the 5.1 CD :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
