Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2747 mails)

[Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi@xxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > David C. Rankin wrote:
> >   
> > > James Knott wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > James Knott wrote:
> > > > >  
> > > > >         
> > > > > > Donald D Henson wrote:
> > > > > >    
> > > > > >           
> > > > > > > Some time ago, I remember seeing a discussion about a way to speed up
> > > > > > > the launch of OpenOffice.org modules. Now I can't find any reference to
> > > > > > > it. I can find references to 'quick launch' but that refers to putting
> > > > > > > icons on the quicklaunch panel. Does anyone else remember such a
> > > > > > > discussion or am I just going nuts in my old age? Thanks for any
> > > > > > > assistance.
> > > > > > >         
> > > > > > >             
> > > > > > IIRC, there's a separate RPM that has to be installed for the
> > > > > > Quickstarter.  On my system, the first time starting OpenOffice after a
> > > > > > reboot takes less than 3 seconds, after that, less than 2s.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     
> > > > > >           
> > > > > And as a matter of principle, I never install the Quickstarter.
> > > > >
> > > > > Although I am using 2 GB of RAM, I definitely see no benefit in
> > > > > sacrifising memory for something that I might _poosibly_ need to start
> > > > > during the day.
> > > > >
> > > > > And when I start OOorg it admittedly takes a little longer, but the time
> > > > > it takes then, is much less than the time I need to read this mail.
> > > > >
> > > > >   
> > > > >         
> > > > You're not sacrificing memory.  Should you fill that 2 GB, the least
> > > > recently used stuff will be sent to swap.  Linux does not have all the
> > > > issues that Windows does and works far more efficiently.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > I have only 1G of RAM and very seldom ever swap anything. The last time
> > > I can recall worrying about the amount of ram used by dormant program
> > > bits and pieces was programming array manipulations on my HP-28S with
> > > 32K of memory. I don't know how much oo quicklaunch takes, but I have
> > > not been affected by its absence. YMMV
> > >
> > >     
> > OK, it does not do any harm, instead it has some positive effect..
> >
> > Nevertheless please allow me to rephrase:
> > No matter how much RAM it takes or how much RAM I will (not) have, I
> > never preload anything, just on the basis that I might possibly use it
> > some time later on.
> >   
>
> Well, one could claim you're wasting RAM when it could be holding
> something, instead of empty.  ;-)
agreed! I will direct my humble efforts to filling it up... ;-))

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