[xubuntu-users] Noobie questions

[David Duckslammer]

Don't pay any attention to the OpenOffice complainers - try it
yourself and see if you don't like it.  I am using 1.7ghz p4 laptop
with 900gig of available memory.  AbiWord, the default installed
package, is slow, clunky, renders fonts very badly, can't handle Word
formatting.  I actually can't even read the text in it.  OO doesn't
load instantly - it takes about 15 secs but bfd..  And then it is
fast.  Much faster than AbiWord, and has word processing features out
the wazoo.  This afternoon I had 10 browser windows open, a large
graphic in gimp (talk about a bloated aplication), and editing a
document in OO.  It was as fast as I'd ever want and if it was
swapping I didn't notice.  I think people who complain about OO must
either have unrealistic expectations, poorly configured systems, or
running too many apps at the same time.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Randy <Randy at 1800ubuntu.com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I'm new to Xubuntu.  I've been using Ubuntu on and off since 6.06 and I
> just recently ditched windows in favor of Ubuntu 9.04.  I rescued a PIII
> 650MHz 384MB machine from the trash heap with Xbuntu 9.10 -- thanks
> everyone for a great lightweight operating system.)  It's snappy even on
> this boat anchor.  I'm considering installing Xubuntu on my main (P4
> 2.6GHz 1.25MB) machine - it would really scream there, but I want to
> make sure I can do everything I need to do.  So here are a couple of
> questions I have:
>
> Can anyone recommend a good, lighweight file manager that has network
> support?
>
> Would simply installing Open Office (not using it, it's bloated and I
> know it's slow) slow down the performance of Xubuntu.  If so, does it
> run any processes (such as a pre-launcher, etc.) that could be killed
> when I am not using it?  I only need OO for one client that I work for
> (I'm a freelance technical writer), so I would only be using it about 10
> days out of each month.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> Best,
> Randy Boulter
> http://1800ubuntu.com
>
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