From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 16:40:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0400106567C for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C688FC22 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLfGC-0006OA-Qd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:33:14 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:40:35 -0700 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:40:35 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100607164035.GC2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607112150.6824a94f@icy.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100607112150.6824a94f@icy.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: office apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:40:41 -0000 On Jun 07 2010 11:21, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:34:16 -0700 > 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. > > There are some tips to speed up your Ooo. But if your Ooo took minute to start, I guess that your system has a low hardware? I wouldn't have thought that an Intel Core i3 M350 (2.27Ghz) with 4GB would be considered "lo (sic) hardware". Everything else runs very quickly, even Windows 7 in VirtualBox. OOo is the only time I find myself waiting impatiently. > > For short/unstructure documents, I suggest you to use Ooo (it slows but you can type the document quickly:D) For long/structure documents, LaTeX is a good choice. It is said that ConTeXt is good replacement of LaTeX but I have never tried it. > > > 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. > > Have you ever tried Google Spreadsheet or something like that? I'm not quite ready to hand all my confidential documents over to Google's servers. > -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com