From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Aug 11 5:59:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9FA537B400; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 05:59:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blues.jpj.net (blues.jpj.net [208.210.80.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBF843E7B; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 05:59:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trevor@jpj.net) Received: from blues.jpj.net (localhost.jpj.net [127.0.0.1]) by blues.jpj.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7BCxTot023645; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:59:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trevor@jpj.net) Received: from localhost (trevor@localhost) by blues.jpj.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id g7BCxQec023642; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:59:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: blues.jpj.net: trevor owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:59:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson To: Christophe Juniet Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Marc Fonvieille Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. In-Reply-To: <20020805121707.B82287@abigail.blackend.org> Message-ID: <20020811072314.A16333-100000@blues.jpj.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Marc Fonvieille wrote: > -Check the names of packages, from a 4.6-STABLE: > pkg_add -rv linux-netscape6 The Netscape 6 ports are marked RESTRICTED because of their licensing, so packages should not appear on the FTP sites. I've also marked them FORBIDDEN because of a security bug, but perhaps corrected versions will be available someday. > Browser section: > -Maybe you could tell that Opera is a commercial app :) and give the > link to their website. Here are my suggestions for this section. I accidentally changed some spaces to tabs when I ran "fmt". --- desktop-browsers.html.orig Tue Aug 6 07:16:52 2002 +++ desktop-browsers.html Sun Aug 11 05:54:05 2002 @@ -42,43 +42,41 @@

6.2 Browsers

-

FreeBSD does not come with a particular browser - pre-installed. Instead, the www ports collection contains a +

FreeBSD does not come with a particular browser pre-installed. + Instead, the www category in the ports collection contains a lot of browsers ready to be installed. If you don't have time - to compile everything (this can be very long in some cases) - many of them are available as packages.

+ to compile everything (this can take a very long time in some + cases) many of them are available as packages.

-

Some Desktop Environments, like KDE and GNOME, - already provide a HTML browser. Please refer to the Desktop Environments section of the - handbook for more information on how to setup these complete - desktops.

+

KDE and GNOME already provide HTML browsers. + Please refer to the Desktop Environments + section of the Handbook for more information on how to set up + these complete desktops.

6.2.1 Mozilla

Mozilla is perhaps the most - recommendable browser for your FreeBSD Desktop. It is - modern, stable, and fully ported to FreeBSD. It features a - very standards-compliant HTML engine. It also provides with - a mail and news reader so it comes in really handy. It has - even got a HTML composer if you plan to write some web - pages yourself. Users of Netscape will recognize the Communicator suite, as both browsers once - shared the same basis.

- -

On slow machines with a frequency less than 233MHz or - with less than 64MB of RAM, Mozilla can be too resource consuming to - be fully usable. You may want to look at the Opera browser instead, described a little - further in this chapter.

+ suitable browser for your FreeBSD desktop. It is modern, + stable, and fully ported to FreeBSD. It features a very + standards-compliant HTML engine. It provides a mail and + news reader. It even has a HTML composer if you plan to + write Web pages yourself. Users of Netscape will recognize the Communicator suite, as both browsers + share the same basis.

+ +

On slow machines with a frequency less than 233 MHz or + with less than 64 MB of RAM, + Mozilla can be too resource-consuming + to be fully usable. You may want to look at the + Opera browser instead, described + a little further on in this chapter.

If you cannot or do not want to compile Mozilla for any reason, the FreeBSD Team - has already done this for you. Just install the package + "APPLICATION">Mozilla for any reason, the FreeBSD GNOME + team has already done this for you. Just install the package from the network by typing:

     # 

         
If the package is not available but you have enough time
-        and hard-disk space, you can get the sources of Mozilla, compile it and install it on
         your system. This is easily accomplished by:

 
@@ -99,8 +97,8 @@
         
After Mozilla is installed,
         you may want to first run it as root to ensure a correct initialization. It
-        is also the right time to fetch some add-ons and plugins as
-        they require root priviledges to
+        is also the right time to fetch some add-ons and plug-ins as
+        they require root privileges to
         get installed.


         
Once you are set, you do not need to be 

         
You can start it directly as a mail and news reader as
-        follow:

+        follows:

 
     % mozilla -mail
@@ -124,37 +122,31 @@
         
6.2.2 Netscape


         
The ports collection contains several versions of the
-        Netscape browser. Note that Nescape dropped support of the
-        4.x family for the FreeBSD platform in favor of the
-        upcoming Netscape 6/7.

-
-        
While you can install a FreeBSD native Netscape browser,
-        you may want to use a more recent Linux vesion. In this
-        case, you have to get the Linux
-        Binary Compatibility package.

+	Netscape browser. Since the native FreeBSD ones contain a
+	serious security bug, installing those is strongly discouraged.
+	Instead, use a more recent Linux or DIGITAL UNIX version.
+	To use a Linux one, you have to get the
+	Linux binary compatibility
+	package.


         
The next step is to install the browser itself. The
-        lastest stable release of the Netscape browser is Netscape
-        6. It can be installed with this simple command:

-
-    # pkg_add -r linux-netscape6
-

-
-        
If for some reason, this package is not available for
-        download, you can use the ports collection. Simply do:

+        latest stable release of the Netscape browser is Netscape
+        6. It can be installed from the ports collection. Simply do:

 
     # cd /usr/ports/www/linux-netscape6
     # make install clean
 

+	
There are localized versions in the french, german, and
+	japanese categories.


         

           

-            
Caution: Netscape 3.x or 4.x versions are not
-            recommended as they are very old, poorly compliant with
-            today's standards and fairly unsecure.

+            
Caution: Netscape 4.x versions are not
+	    recommended because they are not compliant with today's
+	    standards.  However, Netscape 6 is only available for
+	    the i386 platform.
@@ -163,12 +155,13 @@

6.2.3 Opera

Opera is a very fast, - full-featured, and standards-compliant browser. It is - originally developped for Linux but it runs flawlessly on - FreeBSD thanks to the binary compatibility. Before you can - browse the web with Opera, you - must enable the Linux Binary - Compatibility.

+ full-featured, and standards-compliant browser. It comes + in two versions: one which displays advertising, and one + which costs money. It is released for Linux but runs + flawlessly on FreeBSD, thanks to the binary compatibility. + Before you can browse the Web with + Opera, you must enable the + Linux binary compatibility.

Once this is done, you just have to install the Opera package:

@@ -177,9 +170,9 @@ "USERINPUT">pkg_add -r linux-opera -

Sometimes, some ftp sites do not have all the packages - but the same result can be obtained with the ports - collection by typing:

+

Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but the + same result can be obtained with the ports collection by + typing:

     # cd /usr/port/www/linux-opera
@@ -190,7 +183,7 @@
         

           

             
Tip: Many of the ports using the Linux Binary Compatibility start
+            "linuxemu.html">Linux binary compatibility start
             with ``linux-''. Remember this when you search for a
             particular port, for instance with 
@@ -202,7 +195,7 @@

       

         
6.2.4 *
-        Plugins

+        Plug-ins

         
flash, java, real, etc

       

@@ -250,4 +243,3 @@
     "mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org>.

   
 
-
-- 
Trevor Johnson


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