Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 20:43:03 -0400 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Cc: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mail.mexcom.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Word processors under FreeBSD Message-ID: <3415ED17.2781E494@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970908151211.25365A-100000@pollux> <3414AACE.2781E494@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <34158329.897F6171@opentech.stpn.soft.net> <3.0.3.32.19970909143327.006b36fc@midwest.net>
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Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > > Is your network connection down when you start star office, On my system > whenever I open netscape, and my link is down there's 2 min delay or so, > Netscape is setup to access a local page first not anything that needs to > be resolved.... > Hmmm..nope..on a T1, 24 hours a day. But...perhaps it is looking for the StarOffice site for the browser functions? Perhaps there is a slow link to StarOffice's site in Germany? >> Jim Durham wrote: > >> > >> > A number of people commented that StarOffice works quite nicely > >> > under FreeBSD, and it does...except for one problem that must > >> > be happening here only because no one mentioned it. Any time I > >> > start a StarOffice application, it "pauses" for 3 minutes before > >> > it comes up, then runs fine. > >> > > >> > >> No... No problem like 3 mins wait for me.... > >> Prashant. > > > > For me (pentium 133, 34M, running netscape) 40 Sec. > > > That's pretty long for what you have. This is just a 5X86 with 40 Megs running 3.0-SNAP. -- Jim Durham <Television Engineer-Unitel Mobile Video, Pittsburgh> <Computer Consultant/Hobbyist> <Amateur Radio: W2XO> <Web:http://www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <Packet:W2XO@W2XO.#SWPA.PA.USA.NOAM>
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