Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:50:27 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Wayne Cuddy <wcuddy@crb-web.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.2 & Netscape 6.x Stability Message-ID: <01091422502700.16877@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20010914183021.I7403@crb-web.com> References: <20010914183021.I7403@crb-web.com>
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On Friday 14 September 2001 19:30, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> I am getting ready to switch my Linux server to a FreeBSD 4.3 system. My
> only concern is still being able to rely on StarOffice 5.2 and Netscape
> 6.1. Are these stable using the linux binary compat support? Does Mozilla
> build natively on FreeBSD?
Based on my experience, the answers are "yes", "probably, since Mozilla works
well," and "yes", respectively:
- StarOffice works great under FreeBSD. Linux Netscape 4.7 works better
under FreeBSD/emulated than under actual Linux, and FreeBSD deals better with
the "memory hog bug," so emulated doesn't necessarily mean inferior. Plus
emulation is a misnomer anyway, but that's a topic for another day.
- I use Mozilla native to FreeBSD and Netscape 4.7 Linux, for max
compatibility in the one case and stability in the other.
- Mozilla builds natively on FreeBSD; I for one haven't gotten java to work;
I'm sure it's possible but not as easy as using 4.7 Linux Netscape for pages
that need java.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Wayne
>
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