Re: Web browser


Paul Sullivan (paul@plexmedia.com)
Tue, 25 May 1999 19:42:23 -0400


Theres a PPC Binary of Mozilla M5 at linuxppc.slackers.cx

Later.

At 12:00 PM +1200 5/26/99, Evan Read wrote:
>On Tue, 25 May 1999, Michael Messano wrote:
>
>What about Mozilla? There must be a Linux PPC binary available.
>
>It is pre-alpha but pretty satisfactory.
>
>If you are using KDE, I hear the file browser doubles as a nice Web
>browser (I have never tried that myself, though).
>
>I thought Netscape was working with YellowDogLinux.
>
>> At 3:08 PM -0700 5/25/99, Ron Thompson wrote:
>> >Well, thanks to everyone that got my X working like a charm! Got it up
>> >to 1024x768 at 24 bpp (any higher and the kernel gives me errors and
>> >dies).
>> >Now... I was wondering if there is ANY web browser out there that is
>> >usable on the YD Linux.
>> >And I was wondering if anyone has advice on binaries and such. I have
>> >run a few UN*X flavors on a PC, but the binaries were easy to find, and
>> >even when I had to compile them myself it was generally segfault free or
>> >error free.
>> >Is there a contrib directory somewhere of compatible sources or RPMs for
>> >YellowDog?
>> >Are there general compile-time things I should look for?
>> >
>> >Thanks again! It already looks really slick and I've been showing it
>> >off the my fellow Apple employees... 8-)
>> > -Ron
>>
>> I can't remember who posted it originally, but there is a browser
>> by the name of Gzilla which can be found at http://www.gzilla.com. Bear in
>> mind, however, that it is somewhere in alpha stage. It compiled and runs
>> quite well for me, although most of the whiz-bang stuff isn't there yet.
>> Probably the most disturbing part is that it doesn't format HTML terribly
>> well. Pictures, side-panels, etc all end up cascading one after the other
>> down the page. Looks funny. Anyway, check it out.
(A)bort, (R)etry, (T)hink (D)ifferent

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