From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 11:51:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BFF937B47A for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:51:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wolfram.com (wri-dns0.wolfram.com [140.177.205.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C3343FB1 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:51:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hemi@just.puresimplicity.net) Received: from just.puresimplicity.net ([140.177.207.10]) by wolfram.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h3NIpCf23269 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:51:17 -0500 Received: (from hemi@localhost) by just.puresimplicity.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3NIpCf1036977 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:51:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hemi) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:51:12 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030423185112.GA36886@just.puresimplicity.net> References: <16038.39977.171153.879129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <35288CB4-7594-11D7-A018-0030657D1C94@bigw.org> <16038.40923.702509.18600@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16038.40923.702509.18600@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: Web browser that works? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:51:20 -0000 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