Re: Graphical Browser for Sparc/Linux
--On Fri, Nov 27, 1998 4:41 pm +0530 "Sanjeev Gupta"
<ghane@arjun.eurolink.stpn.soft.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Got a SPARCclassic running sid. Running well. Stock kernel 2.0.35, no
> recompiles neccessary (actually just apt, but that was because I paniced).
>
> What I need is a graphical (read: netscape) for the machine. Then to
> place it in the Library as a browser. Point out excellent security and
> stability on a `public' machine. Accept pats-on-back. Smile :-)
>
> Grail is non-frames friendly.
>
> Is there a mozilla for Sparc/Linux? Where?
There are navigators compiled for Sparc/Linux, but they don't work on
debian, and I haven't had a chance to investigate why not.
Mozilla certainly should compile - but you need to find a stable source-code
snapshot, and several hundred megabytes of disk space to compile it. Also,
I suspect you won't find it sufficiently stable for your purposes.
Unfortunately, no other browser is even close in functionality. Last I
checked, the closest is probably amaya, which AFAIK has the distinction of
being the only other to do frames. The most promising is mnemonic
(www.mnemonic.org) which is close, I believe to a public release.
The w3 emacs mode is also quite good :-)
Jules
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