Nimble, Excel-Compatible Spreadsheets for *nix?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 16, 2004 @11:48AM from the abiword-needs-more-imitators dept.

linguae writes "I'm running a FreeBSD desktop on a PC that has a 475MHz K6-2 processor with 64MB RAM. I use lightweight programs on my desktop such as Window Maker, AbiWord, and Firefox. I have been looking for a decent yet lightweight (and preferably Open Source) spreadsheet that is compatible with Excel, and also doesn't rely on dependencies such as GNOME or Java. I'm not an Excel power user, but sometimes I do have to share spreadsheets every now and then. I wonder if there is a spreadsheet equivalent of Abiword?"

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Re:Firefox lightweight? by DAldredge · 2004-11-16 13:07 · Score: 4, Insightful

url:http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#ot h_memcache?

Turn down the memory cache. Follow the steps at the link above and then fully restart firefox. It will make a huge difference.

Their are a lot of config hacks at that link that will let you do a lot on really neat stuff.