[Gllug] Apple

[Stephen Harker]

On Tuesday 13 Jan 2004 10:55 am, Tethys wrote:
> Stephen Harker writes:
> >> Probably, once you install an X server. I don't think there's yet a
> >> native OO.o for OS X. But I'd recommend you look at Abiword and Gnumeric
> >> instead. Both have (IMHO) better long term potential than OO.o.
> >
> >Why? Just curious :)
>
> Because OO.o is a bloated pig. It's trying too hard to be MS Office,
> and has gone too far down that road to be salvagable IMHO. If nothing
> else, compare launch times. On my machine, with cold cache:
>
> 	abiword:   sub 1 second
> 	gnumeric:  2 seconds
> 	oowriter:  13 seconds
> 	oocalc:    13 seconds
>
> Both abiword and gnumeric have come on leaps and bounds in recent months,
> and the latest versions of each are great products. Don't be put off by
> the halfway functional and buggy versions shipped with most distributions.

Hmm. I just leave an OOo window open and minimised most of the time. I don't 
log out of X for days at a time so it's always loaded and handy (RAM is 
cheap). Haven't tried abiword for ages but I like Gnumeric. Will try abiword 
now...

SteveH

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