[xubuntu-users] Noobie questions

[Randy]

David,

Thanks, I will go ahead and try it.  The main problem I have with 
AbiWord is the Word .doc format not being rendered corrrecty.  I need to 
use a rather complicated Word template with tables and fields, and it 
rendes it all wrong. 

thanks for the advice,

Randy
http://1800ubuntu.com

 

David Duckslammer wrote:
> 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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