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Ubuntu vs. Windows In OpenOffice.org Benchmark
ahziem writes "Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex and Redmond's Windows XP go head-to-head in an OpenOffice.org 3.0 performance smackdown measuring vanilla OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Go-oo, and Portable OpenOffice.org 3.0. Each platform and edition does well in different tests. Go-oo is known for its proud slogan "Better, Faster, Freer," but last time with OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Fedora, Go-oo came in fourth place out of four. Slashdot has previously reported Ubuntu beating Vista and Windows 7 in benchmarks, so either XP is faster or this benchmark carries a different weight."
I feel OOo is slow both on Linux as well as Windows. Most likely this is due to the bloat and mindless copying of MS Office features. I have a question: Is it possible to weed out the redundant or useless features in OOo and make it sleek and quick? Since this is completely open source, theoretically this should be possible.
In similar vein, I'm also looking for pluck-outs from Firefox which is also bloated. Rather than running extensions called NoScript, AdBlock, FlashBlock etc.; why not remove these products from the installed version itself to make it lean, mean and less resource hungry?
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
XP on the same netbook does youtube just fine, but has a 3 hour batter life to ubuntu's 4
Obviously you should just virtualize XP alongside ubuntu so you can take advantage of Ubuntu's extended battery life but still utilize XP's greater flash performance! It's a win/win!
Is there anything Java can't slow?
It's just me? I don't find very interesting a benchmark of office suites. Look, my suite can write bold text faster than yours! Boring...
Because...well, I didn't read the article, but are we benchmarking Word Processing applications now? How fast a spreadsheet can calculate the sum of a column? Whether there's a pause between fade-in transitions in a presentation?
I'm trying to think of a good car analogy here...maybe how fast your passenger side door closes?
Sun's stock price drop.
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AJAVA
It's a win/win!
Wouldn't that be a lin/win box?
I was on my way, but then Java called... :(
My conclusion: On a slow system, XP is faster.
You reach to a conclusion about all slower PCs using one single hardware setup as test subject?
Have you considered journalism?
I am the lawn!