Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:51:12 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@just.puresimplicity.net> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Web browser that works? Message-ID: <20030423185112.GA36886@just.puresimplicity.net> In-Reply-To: <16038.40923.702509.18600@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <16038.39977.171153.879129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <35288CB4-7594-11D7-A018-0030657D1C94@bigw.org> <16038.40923.702509.18600@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:14:51AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Dan Williams writes: > > Where can I get that? Do I need to add OSF/1 compatibility to the > > kernel to do it? > > > > As David pointed out, an overenthusiastic ports committer seems to > have removed netscape47-communicator from ports, thereby removing the > only web browser that works out of the box on alpha. > > If you know CVS, you can get it from the attic. > It would be REALLY nice if it could be restored. > > Drew Hi, If you're not interested in slogging through the KDE3 build (which was broke for me last time I tried it), give www/netraider a shot. It's a stripped-down, Konqueror-based browser. It still requires Qt but it's a lot faster than waiting for the whole KDE3 package to build. If you want something quick and dirty, consider www/dillo. It's not pretty most of the time but it's useful. Thanks, Josh
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