On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:34:30 +1100 Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 > 15:23:25 +0000: > > On (22/01/04 09:22), stan wrote: > > > > > > For several weeks now, I've had to freeze all my "testing" > > > systems, as an apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove galeon, which > > > is a critical requirement for these systems. > > > > > > Can anyone enlighteen me as to what's going on with this package? > > Sorry - I can't give you any info on Galeon other than I had a > > problem upgrading to sid and Galeon became so broken I had to > > reinstall. I've now switched to Mozilla-Firebird which works a > > treat ;) > > Is there a browser that is acceptable for slow computers? My AMD K6II > 500MHz box takes forever to render a page, or even to switch tabs. > > Given the galeon is using mozilla's rendering engine, and that the > alternatives I can think of are even worse (Konqueror is KDE, so > couldn't possibly have ever been designed to be at all resembling > quick). > > Nutscap 4.7 was acceptable (hell, I would even call it fast), but > naturally, is a little broken. > > Any experiences in this department, anyone? http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/release-notes.html It's fast and light and very configurable. Check out the extension settings to add some features several others still don't have. -- Aren't you glad you use linux? Don't you wish everybody did? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
