Message-Id: <200011061028.LAA12153@aachen44.eed.ericsson.se> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:28:46 +0100 (MET) From: Lucke Ramakers <eedluc@eed.ericsson.se> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Star office
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> * 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)...
Any chance of a package for Sparc/Linux ??
>
> > 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.
Tried it on a SS5-110 (Solaris) last week, but still waiting for the screen to
appear :-)
>
> > 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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