From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 17:25:20 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 345A0106566B for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:25:20 +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 F01208FC15 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:25:19 +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 1OLfxQ-0001hb-05 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:17:53 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:25:14 -0700 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:25:14 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100607172514.GD2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607112150.6824a94f@icy.localdomain> <20100607164035.GC2102@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: 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 17:25:20 -0000 On Jun 07 2010 12:54, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Chip Camden > wrote: > > 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. > >> > > Well, now that I recall I had a similar issue with the Android SDK > under Linux, and it's related to your problem because OO uses gjc (the > GNU Java implementation) as a pre-requisite and Eclipse was using > _that_ instead of the Sun jdk I had installed. Well the issue is that > Eclipse _took FOREVER_ to start, much like what you are describiong > right now with OO (albeit I use FBSD with OO in older hw w/ no > problems). Anyway, chack to see if you may have a broken Java > implementation, and check to see if it's possible to get OO to work > with Sun's JRE 6, and give that a go and see. I have a gut feeling > your problem is related to a broken Java VM somewhere in your machine. That's a good clue -- I'll let you know what I find out. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com