For those that are using X on minimal specs, you might want to look into phoenix (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/), which runs in a smaller footprint. I'm pretty sure it supports JS and won't take nearly as long to load as Mozilla, but provieds much of the same functionality.
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Doc wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Mike Strickland wrote: > > > This might be a dumb question...but I want a text-based javascript-enabled web >browser. My dilemma is: 150mhz 16mb laptop with Debian 3.0. I recently installed X >so I would be able to use a regular browser and hence have javascripting but...it >takes more than 30 minutes to boot with X. I know it shouldn't take that long, and I >haven't changed many of the display features, but I don't want X. However, is there >any way I can validate my connection to UT's networks without having X? How do you >guys do it? Do you all have X? Probably so...any help is appreciated. Thx. Ciao > > Dude, that's Just Wrong. My old Sharp 486 with 24M takes about 2 > minutes to boot, and with a 256K WD graphics adapter, will *still* run > Mozilla if I'm gentle (BIG swap partition). It only takes 3-4 minutes > to come up. -- Public key #7BBC68D9 at | Shane Williams http://pgp.mit.edu/ | Systems Administrator UT-GSLIS =----------------------------------+------------------------------- All syllogisms contain three lines | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Therefore this is not a syllogism | www.gslis.utexas.edu/~shanew _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
