Re: gnumeric slow? or is it my machine?

[Ralph Shumaker <rafazap cwnet com>]

Priit Laes wrote:
> Ühel kenal päeval, L, 2008-02-02 kell 14:49, kirjutas Marlon Nelson:
>   
> > I love Gnumeric.  It's the program that enabled me to switch to Linux.
> >
> > I'm currently running Gnumeric 1.7.11 under Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) on a
> > 2.26 Ghz Pentium 4 w/512MB ram.
> >     
> If possible try a newer version. Also, 512MB of RAM doesn't sound too
> much nowadays...
>   

Yes, I second that statement.  If you have the command "free" available 
to you, load your spreadsheet, and in a terminal, run "free".  That will 
tell you how much swap you are using.  The further you are into swap, 
the slower your PC will be, regardless if you are in Gnumeric on Linux 
or in Excel on Windows.



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Ralph

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