Re: Why no Opera?
Hi,
icelinux@icelinux.net wrote :
I did not specify Opera as an example. Opera does perform much
better on older hardware than Iceweasel.
I agree with you, but I think Iceweasel can be alright. I use a Pentium
4 M.
Using its frequency scaling, I often use 200 Mhz frequency. All the
sites I browse are ok.
With Flash it would run much slower however.
If you have less than 200 Mhz and a video card which must use VESA or
VGA, then you should
get Dillo. However, it misses some major features, and it seems it isn't
developed anymore.
I do not see the need to do anything other than sign the package and
drop it into the repository, as it is already completely functional
for Debian. I understand this is not the Debian way and I understand
that in quite a few instances many packages created for Debian by
outside parties could still have problems. I am reasonably certain
that this is not an issue with Opera, given the widespread use and the
fantastic job they have always done packaging their browser for Linux.
Well, Debian can't trust anything but the license, and that's how things
are supposed to work
with laws. Let's say you trust Mozilla Foundation and include Firefox,
and there is a
trademark issue, and you must call it Iceweasel.
Then you wouldn't trust Opera, because its license doesn't explain well
the redistribution terms.
I guess if you use Linux the right way, you use it because you don't
want things (i.e. bugs)
rather than because you want things.
Using free software is some kind of askesis (lol) so don't bother using
the browser you
like but use an "ethical browser" instead.
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