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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 17:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
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Subject: Re: A Rock and Slow Place
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Try using linux-netscape47-communicator.  Netscape has stopped releasing
patches for the BSD flavors, I think.  I'm using the Linux rev, and it
works pretty well.  Alternatively, you could install linux-opera, and see
if that works better for you.

Joe Clarke


On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Jon Loeliger wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> In the eternal quest to keep up to date with everything,
> I recently found myself compiling new web browser software.
>
> So I decided to experiment with Mozilla.  Oh my god is it slow!
> I've got a P-200 here, and that's just flat not usable.
> Did I miss something?
>
> In the meantime, I re-pondered Netscape 4.  The current port, 4.76
>
>     www 429 # cd /usr/ports/www/netscape47-communicator
>     www 430 # make
>     ===>  netscape-communicator-4.76 is marked as broken: has a serious
>     security hole, use 4.77 instead.
>
> But it's not in the port tree that I can find...
> Did I double miss something?
>
> Anyone?  Bueller?
>
> jdl
>
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