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- Hi,
- please forgive this if it is an FAQ...
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- I was so taken by executor that I have just ordered a copy for
- my home system :)
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- I've just installed Word 5.1 in my evaluation copy (E-DOS)
- here at work, and it seems to work very well, so I know I bought well.
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- However the target platform I am running on at home will be linux.
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- I tried the Linux X version but it appears to be much slower than the DOS
- one - I have 52Mb of RAM under Linux, but only 256kb of cache.
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- Will upgrading the cache improve performance much with E-linux?
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- Also, will running Executor in mono speed it up as well?
- How do I set it to mono?
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- The way I use it is to display the pseudo-mac on my SPARC X-console,
- this seems to work well - and there seems to be no performance difference
- using it either on the Linux X console or on the SPARC via X protocol.
- I don't wish to run X servers on Linux as it is meant to be a file
- server, not a workstation...
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- When I displayed executor on a PC X server (MSDOS), however, performance
- dropped quite a bit. Why would this be?
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- All my displays on Linux and the PC X server are 8 bit (generic SVGA),
- and on the SPARC as a cg3...
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- of course I did not bother to try spawning multiple sessions, because
- linux won't handle it, but I would like to speed up video performance.
- What is the best way to do this?
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- Finally, is there a list of applications known to run on executor?
- (yes I know Word 5 does)
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- I am *not* interested in games, but useful software, and something like
- Photoshop would be nice ;)
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- What about Excel or Powerpoint?
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- (I really hate Macs and MS products BTW, but I need
- portability for work matters)
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- I know in any respect, I will be very happy with my purchase - even if I
- can only run MSWerd (sic)
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- What a great product!
- (the cheque is already on it's way!!!)
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- My slogan -
- "Executor: the Mac you have when you really don't want to have a Mac"
- or
- "An Executor today keeps the Apple away"
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- ;)
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- rachel
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- Rachel Polanskis UWS Nepean, PO Box 10 Kingswood NSW 2747
- Library Systems Ph: 02 852 5899
- Software Support r.polanskis@nepean.uws.edu.au
- Nepean Library http://www.nepean.uws.edu.au/library/
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