On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:57:26 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote:
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The key - Don't use Open Office, use AbiWord and Gnumeric instead. OpenOffice is total bloat.
Is that still true if you install only OO-writer and its dependencies?
Actually, I'll probably take neither. If I want a word processor (and I almost never do), I'll come home and use one on a desktop.
Install NoScript - FireFox quit crashing on the laptop as soon as I installed NoScript. Turns out a lot of advertisers run cpu/ram heavy flash and js that really bog limited hardware down.
I try never to install Ffx anywhere without NoScript, Adblock, and several more.
Don't use Evolution - I'm using thunderbird which works well for imap w/o too many messages in a folder.
Wouldn't be caught dead with either. Alpine and Pan, or repair the machine -- with a sledgehammer -- if it's mine. YMMV <grin>