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For Beta 4 i started optimizing the system and configuration files, for faster startup times.

First of all the slowest package of the system OpenOffice :

UPDATE:
Machine: Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz 256MB RAM
Comparison of startup time between Abiword and OpenOffice Writer

leszek@leszek-laptop:~$ time abiword

real 0m14.262s
user 0m1.368s
sys 0m0.224s
leszek@leszek-laptop:~$ time oowriter

real 0m11.674s
user 0m0.028s
sys 0m0.072s
leszek@leszek-laptop:~$

Here are some Benchmarks on the same machine running with 128 MB of Ram

leszek@leszek-laptop:~$ time abiword

real 0m20.340s
user 0m1.584s
sys 0m0.560s
leszek@leszek-laptop:~$ time oowriter

real 0m47.713s
user 0m0.120s
sys 0m0.164s
leszek@leszek-laptop:~$

Final thoughts : If you have memory below 256 MB consider the use of Abiword as wordprocessing application.
128 MB of RAM is the minimum required to run Zebuntu . It takes a relatively long time to boot up. When its booted up you can work normally.
Recommned is 256 MB of RAM or more.
If you want to install Zebuntu you need at least 192 MB of RAM. Installationapplication won’t work on Systems with 128 MB of RAM. But you are able to install it manually.

Tags: Zebuntu Beta 4 OO OpenOffice

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