This seems to be in sight for the future.... For version 2.0 (due possibly next fall) they are planning OO to be much faster. Take a peak at their roadmap: http://tools.openoffice.org/releases/q-concept.html#3.1.3.Performance|outline Craig Herring > -----Original Message----- > From: Philippe Rousselot [mailto:usergroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:44 AM > To: RH mailing list > Subject: Re: How to free RAM without reboot > > > > Hi > > I do have the same problem with Star Office and Open Office. I really > would like to solve this problem as I spend my time writing with SO. I > am sure people from OO or Sun could do something of it. > > Philippe > > > Le mer 17/09/2003 à 13:24, Stephen Liu a écrit : > > Hi John, > > > > Thanks for your advice. > > > > It came to my notice that on copy and paste a selected > paragraph of an > > OpenOffice document containing several pages I could not do > it at one > > time. I have to made copy and paste at several times even > closing all > > other applications. But if I reboot the PC I can reduce the time of > > copy/paste. So it generated an concept to me whether the clipboard > > still holding some documents there which took up RAM > > > > B.R. > > Stephen > > > > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 19:04, John Haxby wrote: > > > Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > >Hi all folks, > > > > > > > >I am running 256MB RAM. After running the OS a while it > drops to about > > > >20MB free even closing all applications. I have to > reboot the PC to > > > >free it then it comes up to about 120MB free. > > > > > > > > > > > That sounds about right, although I only have about 7MB > free at the > > > moment on my 512MB machine. The remainder of the "free" > memory not > > > being used by applications is about 190M inactive and 160M buffer > > > cache. The inactive memory will get used if its needed > by something > > > else and the buffer cache is to save disk access (this is > one of the > > > reasons, if not the reason why, say, an 8M cache on a > disk drive is a > > > bit of a waste of time). > > > > > > Linux likes to put all that memory you bought to good > use. You should > > > expect to see a very small amount free, no matter how > much you install > > > in the machine. A lot of memory is very useful. On > my work machine > > > where I have a gig available, I can grep an entire source > tree in the > > > blink of an eye as it all nicely fits in memory. Also, > have you ever > > > noticed that when you copy a file to a floppy it happens > immediately and > > > then several seconds later, the floppy light actually > comes on? And > > > the first time you read files from a USB flash device > it's really slow, > > > but the second time it's instant? > > > > > > You should, on the other hand, worry if you manage to > keep 120M free for > > > any length of time -- for some reason Linux isn't able to > find anything > > > useful to store in it. > > > > > > jch > > > > > > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. > > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
