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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 09:14:33 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM>
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Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 03:34:49AM -0400, Wei Weng wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Gordon Wang wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Sir
> >> I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user.
> >> Where can I find the netscape for FreeBSD?
> > yes. :)
> > YOu can use netscape 4.03 for linux on your freebsd.
> > But you have to enable linux support in /etc/rc.conf
>
> 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.)
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