From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 1 16:21: 3 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3E037B401 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 16:21:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (www.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1435E43F93 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 16:21:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E824280CB; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:20:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by fastmail.fm with SMTP; Sat, 01 Mar 2003 19:20:57 -0500 X-Epoch: 1046564457 X-Sasl-enc: 8XmP/glnWyDt7Z9641Pl7A Received: from sparky (dialup-63.214.213.164.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [63.214.213.164]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3025826907; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:20:55 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: edmund jones , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser (was No Subject) References: <20030301235244.38089.qmail@web41011.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 19:20:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20030301235244.38089.qmail@web41011.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Opera7.01/Win32 M2 build 2651 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:52:44 -0800 (PST), edmund jones wrote: > Hello oh great sages, > Thanks so much for your past help. Of course, I have > another quetion. I've got X up and run Kdesk - coool. > However, the browser -I haven't configured - debating > on netscape. That brings me to install or not? > The bsd ports site mentions that mozilla is > comparatively large and that bsd\netscape 4.x has a > security hole and the modules for linux.7x may be > numerous, NOT TO MENTION TAKING ANY SUBSEQUENT > OVERLAYS IT MIGHT PRODUCE. So I thought I'd ask what > you think? I use bsd to emerse myself in a mixed > network and will ultimately use it as a backend > router/dns/mail server. Browsing would just be cool. I > guess what as a novice Iam asking is could I risk > netscape 4.x (would it compile and install for the > CDROM or do I risk linux? Nothing earthshaking. > Thanks. Oh, Do you think I should submit my config for > the XServer using IMB and a Micron monitor? Mozilla-devel from ports installed for me without incident. I also note there are nightly builds (binaries) available for FreeBSD "4.7" (which presumably includes 4.8-prerelease) at Mozilla's ftp site. I imagine whatever's good in NS will show up much sooner in Moz. Phoenix (also in ports) has a reputation as a more lightweight version of Moz, preferable to some people whose opinions I respect. All that having been said, I am a long time Opera user and vastly prefer it to IE, NS, or Moz (which I installed on FreeBSD mainly to compare with Opera). If you have Linux emulation working, you can download and install the Linux version from Opera Software. I'm trying the Opera 7 Preview, and while it's lacking some features of the Windows final version, it's still very nice. Better user interface and fonts than Moz. Its mail and newsreader, M2, outperforms Sylpheed on my system in speed of fetching IMAP mail, though Sylpheed's UI is more mature and complete at this point. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message