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Date:      Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:56:07 -0400
From:      Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: office apps
Message-ID:  <201006061956.07918.mike.jeays@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
References:  <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>

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On June 6, 2010 04:34:16 pm Chip Camden wrote:
> This might not be the right list for this question -- if so, please slap
> me over to the right one.
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a lighter-weight office suite?
> OOo is such a pig.  It takes a good minute to start it up and open a
> spreadsheet.
>
> Short of the full suite, how about just a spreadsheet program that supports
> complex formulas and charting?  If it could also be used without X11 when
> charting isn't needed, that would make my day.

Gnumeric provides a good spreadsheet, although it does need X11. It supports 
charting, with a good variety of options. It installed very quickly on a Linux 
system, seems much "lighter" than OpenOffice Calc, and it starts much more 
quickly than Calc.

"pkg_add -r gnumeric" should install it for you.




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