I just installed Netscape 4.61 via the Mandrake desktop upgrade
feature. It seems fine, and it is faster than its predecessor. But
other folks have complained about it, and there is that bit about
chucking it for 4.5 coming straight from MAndrake's website. Well, I am
happy with it so far
> Tony Wang wrote:
>
> > > For some strange reason, my internet connection
> seems faster
> > > using Win98 than in Linux. When browsing the web
> on Linux,
> > > Netscape usually "stalls" and I often just have
> to give up on it.
> >
> > This happens to me also. I think a large part of
> NS stalling tho is that NS
> > for Linux seems really crappy to begin with. I'm
> experiencing tons (beyond
> > the normal amount in Windows) of parsing errors
> and "blank pages". It's
> > also AWFULLY slow. (try going to
> www.microsoft.com... it took about 5
> > minutes to load- funny that home.netscape.com only
> 10 seconds!!)
> >
> > Anywho I also noticed that if I started an FTP in
> another app and then tried
> > to access a web page, NS would get no bandwidth
> until the file transfer was
> > done.
> >
> > I guess Linux doesn't split the bandwidth?
> >
> > As always, all help is appreciated ;)
> >
> > -Tony Wang
>
>
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