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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:07:53 -0800
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Arrgh - Net-scrape your brains off the wall
Message-ID:  <20001205200753.E99903@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001205231240.dmlb@computer.my.domain>; from dmlb@dmlb.org on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:12:40PM -0000
References:  <XFMail.001205231240.dmlb@computer.my.domain>

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On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:12:40PM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Can anyone recommend a "stable" version of Netscape?
> 
> I've been trying to find which one out of
>         4.08
>         4.63
>         4.73
> doesn't crash (itself and X11 and then the machine) when surfing. To no avail.
> 
> So, what version is best for not taking out the rest of the machine?
> 
> computer$ uname -a
> FreeBSD computer.my.domain 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #8: Sun Nov 26 22:47:
> 26 GMT 2000     dmlb@computer.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/COMPUTER  i386
> 
> And, yeah I should move to 4.x sometime.

Any version with Java disabled is fairly stable for me. I has never
taken out my machine ever. It has been known to lock the focus on
itself and become unresponsive making X useless. But I Ctrl-Alt-F<num>
to a vty and kill netscape from there and all is OK when I go back to
X.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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