Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:59:22 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: Karun <karun@dambiec.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IE for Solaris on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010822175922.W40894@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108221650550.48040-100000@q.closedsrc.org>; from lplist@closedsrc.org on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:53:17PM -0700 References: <3B821712.3040708@dambiec.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108221650550.48040-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:53:17PM -0700, Linh Pham wrote: > On 2001-08-21, Karun scribbled: > > # Is it possible to run the solaris version of internet explorer on > freebsd? > > I believe that the Solaris version of Internet Explorer (both 4.x and > 5.x) are for the SPARC platform only, not the x86 platform. Also, even > if it was available for the x86 version of Solaris, it uses some of > the CDE and other (possibly) propietary libraries that are only > available under Solaris. > > One possible way to attempt to run it is to connect to a Solaris > machine with X11 forwarding and launch IE from the session on the > Solaris machine and see if it will run or not. I'm not sure and I > highly doubt if it will run properly :) Back when it first came out, a coworker tried it on his Sun workstation. He sandboxed it in a "billg" account, and watched it take 50MB to load. He scrolled down the front page, and the machine started to swap. He poked around, and found all the xpms used in the icons included in the tarball. It has been explained to me that the only reason the Solaris port exists is to prove to the Justice Department that IE can not realistically be ported to Unix. -danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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