Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:54:30 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netscape- linux or native? Message-ID: <20000323205430.A232@parish> In-Reply-To: <38D999A7.4D4674DD@gorean.org>; from Doug@gorean.org on Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:12:23PM -0800 References: <20000320170118.G48883@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000320194247.D236@parish> <38D999A7.4D4674DD@gorean.org>
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 08:12:23PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 05:01:19PM +0000, J McKitrick wrote: > > > Is there any reason to go with linux or native bsd ports of netscape? > > > I just read a message about some crashes under the FreeBSD binary, but > > > i would also like to support FreeBSD development and reduce the number > > > of libraries (for emulation) that i need to save space. Any recent > > > thoughts on this? > > > > > > > Well the RealPlayer and Acrobat plugins will work with the Linux > > version but not, AFAIK, with the native FreeBSD version. > > Have you had any luck getting it to work with RA links like the ones on > http://www.broadcast.com/radio/talk/kogo/ or http://rushlimbaugh.com/ ? > Something about the way those links are created doesn't make my version > happy. I just installed the linux version (latest) from the real.com web > site. It works for real.com stuff, but not for anything else so far. > Curiously, when I tried the 2 URLs you mentioned I still had Netscape (for Linux) setup to use RP 5.0 and that worked, but 7.0 didn't :-/ > Doug > -- > "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into > existence, > is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. > The master simply replied, "Mu." -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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