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From: GH <grasshacker@linkfast.net>
To: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net>
Cc: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>,
	lex manno <lexmanno@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please!
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006302032080.1666-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net>; from res03db2@gte.net on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:33:08PM -0700
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:33:08PM -0700, some silly person
 named The Clark Family blurbed out
> 
> Last time I looked, the lynx port looked like it has been
> devalued. Something about too many security holes.
> [RC]
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Rick Hamell wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I've been using FBSD for almost a year now and I
> > > was wondering. Isn't it about time to remove primitive
> > > stuff like vi and lynx from the o.s.? 
> > > 
> > > I mean, when there are editors like Joe and Emacs and
> > > browsers like Netscape, why do we need to keep all
> > > these antiquated monsters?
> > 
> > 	Because my good ol' 486 sitting under the bed acting as a
> > router/firewall has the minimum installed on it. There are times when I
> > want to surf the web to get documentation or such from that machine (or
> > for that machine,) and Xwindows/Netscape just dosen't cut it. (Not that

> > it's installed there anyways.) As for VI... well it's on every other Unix
> > system. :)

...and it just happens to be the best damn editor around...

<* duck...and cover...duck...and cover*>

Dan

Besides, Netscape is bloated (like almost every browser should be), and
has almost never worked properly. Why use it unless I have to?


> > 


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