- Lightweight linux distro ideal dual boot windows xp pdf#
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Sorry, it looks like I measured something different, which was the RAM usage on startup in fact. So of course LibreOffice has its important place in today's computing, but I have to compare features and performance for working, regardless of whatever age this program is, so I end up with Word 97 as a solution and am always amazed by the amout of power that LibreOffice needs to achieve the same things.
To be honest, a peek at Word 6.0 (of 1993) for Windows 3.11 "felt" pretty much like sitting in front of Word 97 with round buttons, but I haven't tested that in detail and realised any projects with it.
Lightweight linux distro ideal dual boot windows xp pdf#
PDF exporting since Office 2003 is the most important feature that I use. Maybe I'm a stubborn id***, but I don't see any major improvements in Office Suites in the last 25 years, really. Their program is simply not built to run on such old computers. Regarding my comment, the LibreOffice developers would show me the finger and tell me to get out of the stone age. Even modern computing with new hardware and latest browsers has load times but we've all developed work-arounds, such as loading browser tabs in the background. There are almost always work-arounds for older hardware, though it's not always feasible to use the lightest alternatives, mostly learn some patience and enjoy the experience. If RetroZilla took more than twice the time to load but provided the same functionality as a newer SeaMonkey then Windows 98 would still be a viable sole operating system, sadly it's not. Personal preference, i'm not going to discard old hardware or relegate it hobby status because i've run out of fingers and toes to count load times. In comparison, this SeaMonkey still works well on > 90% of websites. By my estimate RetroZilla is a half-functional browser (basic browser functions, loads most pages, poor rendering, no JavaScript). On same hardware with a fresh boot, old RetroZilla loads in 15 seconds in Windows 98 SE while the latest SeaMonkey (non-SSE2 capable hardware) loads in 39 seconds in GNU/Linux. Hopefully the coders won't think their life's work gets summarized as 'absolutely appaling' The memory footprint of a relatively modern LibreOffice in GNU/Linux is 33 MB, what are you referring to when you indicated Open Office at '106,2 MB' (RAM use, package size)?
Lightweight linux distro ideal dual boot windows xp full#
To me it's a good accomplishment: full featured office suite, open source, continuous development, thousands of commits, more features, constantly striving for inter-office compatability, same load time with less RAM than 10 years ago. To re-iterate, the 45 second load time for LibreOffice above is using an 800 MHz system, not many use this hardware today as daily driver. I could happily write a novel using vi but that wouldn't interest anyone. We could all list progressively lighter software, which would in turn have less features or become less compatible in modern environments.
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