From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 13 04:01:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA12510 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:01:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from BIGFUN.vwcom.com (BIGFUN.vwcom.com [151.197.101.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA12500 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:01:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmc@WillsCreek.COM) Received: from WillsCreek.COM (gw.willscreek.com [151.197.101.46]) by BIGFUN.vwcom.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id GAA03852; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 06:56:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from current.willscreek.com (current.willscreek.com [172.16.87.1]) by WillsCreek.COM (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA28133; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 06:34:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bmc@localhost) by current.willscreek.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA08382; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 06:34:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 06:34:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199710131034.GAA08382@current.willscreek.com> From: Brian Clapper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Doug White Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape In-Reply-To: References: <199710121314.JAA04025@current.willscreek.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.23 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Brian Clapper wrote: > > > > There's no need to use the Linux version of FreeBSD, though it works. > > > Use the BSDI versions or (4.08) the FreeBSD version. Take a look in > > > the Ports Collection. > > > > Make sure you have plenty of RAM if you use the Communicator version. > > While the Communicator version is slicker than the older Navigator, it's > > serious bloatware. (I *like* Communicator better, but it *is* a pig.) > > There's a Navigator-standalone version of 4.03b8. > > I'm tempted to try this but I'm short on diskspace. Netscape 2.02 has > finally become obsoleted -- I can't access dell's and diamond/supra's web > pages w/o it. :( I did try it. It *still* sucks up more RAM than I'd like. Granted, I should beef up my system; it only has 24 Mb. But the difference in memory bloat between 3.0 and Communicator is significant. On my box, Communicator is notably sluggish, compared to 3.0 (and compared to Communicator on machines at work, where I have more RAM). ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ TV is chewing gum for the eyes. -- Frank Lloyd Wright