Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 02:35:28 -0800 From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@suse.com> Message-ID: <20001103023528.I22367@gimp.org> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Star office
* Witvliet, Hans <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl> [001103 00:32]:
> Just curious,
> Since the source-code of staroffice is available, has anyone dared to make a
> build for Sparc/Linux?
I'm attempting right now on a 333MHz Ultra 10 that I've got here...
we'll see if it manages to complete (and how long it takes if it
does)...
> Considering the build times given on the site of open-office, (18hours
> on Intel-III/500MHz) with 3GB diskspace it seems hard to achive on my
> small sun4m machine. I would not mind the machine crunching for a
> week or so, But the required diskspace prevents me. (The bytes are
> allready getting claustrophobic)
Heh... yeah, I think it's a bit heavy for such a machine.
> I know running S.O. requires a lot of a system, but it does run on solaris
> and had the idea that linux is doing a better job on sun hardware.....
> (Or has anybody tried it on solaris and come to the conclusion that one
> needs at least an ultra-60 ;-))
Well, I figure you can treat it like mozilla... if you can use mozilla
without falling asleep in boredom, then maybe staroffice will be ok. ;)
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