On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:57:26 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote: [....] > 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> -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.