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On Monday 16 October 2006 08:03, "Lorenzo Milesi" |
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<lorenzo.milesi@×××××.com> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] OpenOffice.org |
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natively available for AMD64': |
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> > It finally happened: openoffice is expected to compile and work |
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> > natively on amd64. |
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> I had seen it this morning, and I though "What?!" :) |
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> Which are the real advantages in compiling OOo instead of using -bin? |
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Well, it certainly looks and feels different when compiled with the kde |
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useflag, or at least did on my x86 laptop. |
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Also, the version I compiled on my memory-starved 2.4GHz P4 laptop started |
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5-10 times faster then the binary version installed on my 2.2GHz 4GB RAM |
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2x Dual-core Opteron monster. |
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OOo-bin sucked so much on AMD64 (for me, it's subjective) that I loved it |
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when KOffice finally became usable for me. |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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