OpenOffice 2.2 too good to be true

[NoOp]

On 03/09/2007 07:01 PM, NoOp wrote:

>> I've been testing on this old beast to see how things run on older
>> hardware. The other 300Mhz just bit the dust (H/W related, nothing to do
>> with Ubuntu), so I can't compare exactly any longer. However:
>> 
>> Feisty OOo 2.2 (Ubuntu'ized) opened w/Writer & nothing else open is
>> sucking down on average 40% of the CPU:
>> 
>> CPU: 40% (avg)
>> User memory: 126.0 MB of 281.7 MB 44.7%
>> User swap: 1.4 MB of 308.0 MB 0.5%
>> 
>> On my other old machine (450Mhz 256Mb) running Dapper OOo (official) 2.1
>> and the same -- only OOo open w/Writer, I get:
>> 
>> CPU: 8.9% (avg)
>> User memory: 103.4 MB of 250.3 41.3%
>> Used swap: 41.6 MB of 748.0 5.6%
>> 
>> The above figures are from the standard Ubuntu included System Monitor
>> application.
>> 
>> I'll load the offical OOo 2.1 on the Feisty machine later and run the
>> same test to see what the CPU loads are using that. If I get ambitious
>> I'll then may try the offical 2.2 RC and see if there is any difference
>> between the Ubuntu'ized version and the offical version.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Update: on the same 300Mhz machine booting into Dapper (2.6.15-28-386)
> fully updated on the second drive and running the Ubuntu'ized version of
> OOo 2.0.2 - this version is *expired* by OOo BTW yet is the most
> up-to-date in the Dapper repositories (again, simply opening up just a
> OOo (Ubuntu'ized) Writer start/blank document and with nothing else
> running) I get the following:
> 
> CPU: 14% (avg)
> User memory: 103.3 MB of 281.7 MB 36.6%
> User swap: 0 MB of 203.9 MiB 0.0%
> 
> OOo works as expected w/no noticable delays.
> 
> When I get time the next test will be 2.1 OOo on this machine under both
> Dapper & Feisty.  I suppose that this sort of info should really be
> going to whoever is Ubuntu'izing OOo on Feisty... can anyone point me in
> the right direction?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Update: same 300Mhz machine w/OOo 2.1 (official from OOo RPM's)
installed on Dapper. Same situation as above with the following
exceptions: ubuntu-desktop removed & all instances of Ubuntu OOo 2.0.2
removed before installing OOo 2.1. Alien -v -k -i was used to install
the 2.1 rpm's - with the exception of the debian menur .deb which was
installed via dpkg, no reboot.

Result:

CPU: 14% (avg)
User memory: 117.6 MiB of 282.0 MB 41.7%
User swap: 18.5 MB of 203.9 MiB 9.1%

So, user memory went up, but CPU stayed the same. All features of OOo
are instant and working just fine. No indication of the Feisty "paint
the screen in slo-mo" mode apparent.