
I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs. So I consider myself as a bit of an expert. I have been using computers since 1982 mostly PCs, but also VAX mainframes and SPARC systems. Operating systems (and GUIs) I have been using include CP/M, DOS, Windows from Version 2 to XP, Geos, Beos, SCO Unix, Solaris, OS/2 and quite a few Linux Distros.
To load an office suite??
On XP, with Office preloading turned OFF, Word starts in exactly 2 seconds, afterwards enough shared libraries appear to be loaded to give Excel and PPT subsecond start times.
This is Office 2003 btw, on an 1800XP with 512MB.
Hmmm...