On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:53:53AM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: > > >> I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > >> wondering if: > >I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms > > Summary: CPU speed doesn't matter so much, but you _really_ must have > enough memory. By running a light window manager, such as IceWM, and no > useless background programs, you should be able to go with as little as 16 > MB. I used to have LyX with 8 MB and I tend to believe it was usable but I > wouldn't recommend that to anyone.
Gahr... 8 MB is definitely too small for recent LyX. Maybe you get it started (I even doubt this using a recent distribution) but there is no way to work e.g. on the UserGuide on such a machine. > Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. I have LyX 1.3.x (xforms) running on a P133 with 64 MB unter fvwm. This is "ok" for "light workload", i.e. the occasional letter or 10 page paper.... > Also, do you use Qt or Xforms GUI? Xforms is faster (takes less memory), I > believe. Certainly. > >> 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? > > LyX Tips/FAQ at www.lyx.org has a list of converters. I don't remember if > that one was listed. Almost every conversion to .lyx goes through .tex ... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
