OpenOffice 2.2 too good to be true

[Joel Bryan Juliano]

On 3/13/07, NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
>
> On 03/09/2007 11:35 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 03/09/2007 08:49 PM, NoOp wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > OK, last post.
> >
> > Same 300Mhz machine w/OOo 2.1 (official from OOo RPM's) installed on
> > Feisty Herd 5. Same senario as above; ubuntu-desktop removed, all
> > instances of Ubuntu'ized OOo 2.2 removed etc.
> >
> > Result:
> >
> > CPU: 20% (avg)
> > User memory: 136.7 MiB of 281.7 MB 48.5%
> > User swap: 284.0 KB of 308 MB 0.1%
> >
> > All features of OOo
> > are instant and working just fine. No indication of the Feisty "paint
> > the screen in slo-mo" mode apparent.
> >
> > That's it... I'm going sailing. Have a good weekend folks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I'm back :-) Apologies for the length of the post, but wanted to keep
> the other results together with this update.
>
> Prior to installing the 80 updates this morning, I restored OOo 2.2 on
> the system; reinstalled ubuntu-desktop, OOo 2.2 & default java packages
> (Java runtime environment is set to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Version 1.4.2). Installed the 80 updates & took 2.2 for a test drive.
>
> Result:
>
> CPU: 21.2% (avg)
> User memory: 115.5 MiB of 281.7 MB 41.0%
> User swap: 23.3 MB of 308 MB 7.6%
>
> All features of OOo 2.2 are instant and working just fine now. No
> indication of the the previous Feisty "paint the screen in slo-mo" mode
> apparent.
>
> So, it appears (to me anyway) the something the this mornings 80 updates
> fixed the problem.
>
>
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OpenOffice.org 2.2 is too good to be true... can't take my eyes over you...
...after seeing you for 3 days without sleep... I'm now spinning like a
creep...
...But I guess the sentences are not logical at all... because with or
without sleep I'm still a creep... hahaha!!

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