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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:12:35 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "Light" word processor plus the occasional spreadsheet
Message-ID:  <20121115101235.4fccc098.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <50A4B0B0.2020009@eskk.nu>
References:  <50A4B0B0.2020009@eskk.nu>

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:06:56 +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I mainly use LibreOffice and it works for me.
> 
> My problem now is that the build time for LibreOffice on a little older 
> hardware is very long.

Why not use the binary install method (pkg_add -r)? The
default options should work fine.



> Is there an alternative to writer that does not take that long to build?

Yes, you can use abiword, part of the Gnome office suite, but
it's a standalone word processor.



> If I can get an alternative to Calc also it's a plus but not a big problem.

There is gnumeric for that task, the "companion" of abiword. :-)





-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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