From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 7:44:51 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 331C037B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:44:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 281E243F93 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:44:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1047051888.01dff9@mired.org) Received: (qmail 96374 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2003 15:44:48 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 2 Mar 2003 15:44:48 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15970.9967.866258.533596@guru.mired.org> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:44:47 -0600 To: edmund jones Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20030301235244.38089.qmail@web41011.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030301235244.38089.qmail@web41011.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.70 (Pensive) 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 In <20030301235244.38089.qmail@web41011.mail.yahoo.com>, edmund jones typed: > 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. Since your only reason for not using mozilla is the size, I'd go with mozilla. Netscape isn't exactly small itself - even if you only use netscape-navigator. I've also used skipstone, which is a very lightweight browser based on the Mozilla rendering engine. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message