OpenOffice ridiculously slow to start on FC3

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 04:21 -0700, Scott wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 11:05:40AM -0700, Scott wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>>i have Athalon 2000+ with 512mb mem running FC3 and totally stock OOo
> >>>install fully updated.  it loads cold in 15 seconds.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Since AMD dropped Processer speeds I'm not up to snuff on this stuff but 
> >>at the very least, you have twice the RAM I do.....
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >They didn't "drop processor speeds" -- they stopped labeling their models by
> >clock tick rate, which is only one factor in processor speed.
> >  
> >
> 
> Close enough for me... ;-)
> 

Clock speeds and memory differences are not the only thing.
I have a laptop with P-III 600 celeron and 192mb ram that loads OOo in <
20 seconds cold.

Some people have had various problems with packages and the reported fix
has often been erase the package and reinstall it.