Re: [libreoffice-users] installed disc usage for LO

On 01/02/2018 11:06 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> On 01/02/2018 10:32 AM, James Knott wrote:
> > My first hard drive was 30 MB.  I also used PC-Write at home.  I used
> > Wordstar 2000 & Word Perfect at work.  I also maintained mini-computer
> > systems, including DEC VAX 11/780.
> When my father ordered his first computer, he ordered a 10 mg. hard
> drive. When he received it, it had a 20 mg. hard drive. They explained
> that the 10 mg. had become obsolete since he ordered it and gave him a
> 20 mg. at no additional cost. He thought he had died and gone to PC heaven.
>
> I also used PC-Write, both at home and at work. I worked as a lawyer and
> wrote all of my legal documents and court briefs using that wonderful
> little shareware program.
>
> Obviously, LO can do much, much more than PC-Write ever could, but I
> think it a shame that, after nearly a quarter century of development, my
> quad-core laptop running LO on Linux is no faster than my old Toshiba
> 286 laptop running PC-Write and DOS. Admittedly, I'm comparing text
> processing with text processing. I realize that, with graphical
> interfaces, networks and Internet, more is required of today's
> technology, but I often wonder. In terms of actual productivity -- i.e.,
> getting work done, which for me meant word processing and an occasional
> spreadsheet -- I was more proficient 25 years ago than I am now.
>
> I recall back in those days reading an article that claimed that DOS
> users made better writers than Mac users. The argument was that DOS
> users focused on content (that was all they had), whereas Mac users
> focused on appearance (since they could). I can relate for, these days,
> I spend a lot of time tinkering with fonts, styles, etc., instead of
> actually writing.
>
> Virgil
My first PC was a PC - not XT, or any other letters after the "PC". It 
had dual floppies for its nearly $1000 cost. Took a few years to get the 
first hard drive.  PC-DOS, PC-Write, dBase III, and a lot of shareware 
packages was what I used back then. Took a few years to get a system 
that did color. Then to get a B&W HP inkjet printer. Then a color inkjet 
a few years later. I was slow to have money to fund all the upgraded 
tech I wanted/needed.  Still that way now.

I have a 14 GB collection of fonts. That was how much I was into fonts.

Styles? Well I never really used the "style" options with LO.  It was 
easier for me to get the "right" look without them.

I still "hand code" using a text editor instead of a GUI package that 
does a lot of the work for me.  That is how I learned.  That is how I 
document the code like I was taught to do. Now you get code packets that 
is hard to understand and almost never documented.  I never learned to 
create GUI based programs, since the information on what to do and how 
to do it was not really documented for people who never used it.  So, I 
no longer try to code for anything that cannot run outside the 
"Terminal" command window.  That is not to say I do not code HTML, but 
it uses the browser to do all of the GUI "stuff" for me.

As for writing, well I have not written more than a 10 page document for 
a while not.  Use to have to do 100+ pages a week for a number of 
years.  I am glad I no longer need to do that anymore, but not what 
caused me to stop working, i.e. forced retirement due to medical needs.





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