From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 21:50:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA23262 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:50:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tulpi.interconnect.com.au (root@tulpi.interconnect.com.au [192.189.54.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA23200 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:49:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ahill@localhost) by tulpi.interconnect.com.au id OAA11134 (8.7.4/IDA-1.6); Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:49:07 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:49:06 +1000 (EST) From: Anthony Hill To: Ron Steele cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Confused about Netscape and Java In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Ron Steele wrote: > I keep seeing messages about using Linux Netscape to get Java support. > I am running 2.1R and unknown BSD Netscape 2.01, and I have at least some > Java support, enough for an annoying scrolling banner across the bottom > of the screen, produced by a friend's home page. Now, I had installed > Linux Nescape also, but since I didn't have emmulation support in the > kernel, I think it is pretty safe to say that it wasn't running. > > I went back and tried it again just to make sure my memory hadn't failed > me. Yup, it works. I think you have worked it out yourself - you get a little java with BSDI netscape 2.0 and 2.1, and you get lots of support with BSDI netscape 3. (Which despite all the reported problems works fine for me.)