Re: Installing StarOffice6.0 problem

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Stephen Liu wrote:
> > > I encountered problem on installing StarOffice6.0 from CD
> >
> > Question.  Why StarOffice 6.0?  OpenOffice.org surpassed StarOffice
> > 6.0 in terms of features and functionality a while back.  If you
> > were using Star Office 7.0, I could understand.  Why not give
> > OpenOffice.org 1.1 a shot?
>
>
> That is a good question.
>
> I have been using OO for long time until recently I was very disappointed on 
> its performance, OO1.1.  I have it running on a RH9 and on a Gentoo 1.4 boxes 
> respectively.  It takes at least 5-6 minutes to start.  I spent more than 2 
> weeks to find a solution without result and finally I gave up.  I tried many 
> methods including increasing memory, adding quickstart, etc.  When you 
> visit its mailing list you will find lot of complaints on its slow start 
> there. 
>  
> SO6.0 was obatined as prize of luckydraw in a party.  I just test it.  
> Previously I has used SO5.  In my personal opinion I prefer OO until the 
> lastest event about its slow performance. 
>  
> That is my story. 
>  
> B.R. 
> Stephen

Try using prelinked binaries (google around for it).  On my P-III
700, OO loads in about 20 seconds (no quickstart, and the machine is
freshly booted).

-Roberto

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