Re: netscape woes

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Jonathan Crowe wrote:
> 
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >         Question #1:  The location /usr/local is reserved (by the Filesystem
> > Standard) for packages/programs you the local admin/user installs
> > yourself.  These programs are not known by the Debian/dpkg system.  dpkg
> > is not allowed to do anything in /usr/local, thus it must install the
> > things it deals with (*.deb) elsewhere.
> >
> 
> Ok... That makes sense.   Thanks for the answer.


	Actually, Oliver's explanation is better (its a Debian policy issue).


> 
> > Question #2:  Alas, Netscape Communicator is a *bloated pig* of a
> > program.
> 
> Humm......  Perhaps I will downgrade to a lower version number of netscape.   It seems that
> every level ( at least in the windows world)  has gottin a little bit bigger and a little
> bit slower.
> 
> I have a couple of other browsers that were automaticlly installed when I installed debian,
> like gzilla and areana but they don't seem to be ready for prime time. They seem
> consistantly die about 2 minutes after I start using them.   Too bad really as I kind of
> like gzilla.
> 
> Pity the lynx people have resisted putting out a graphical version.  Their browser remains
> stable and fast and they probably would do a good job of it.
> 
>


	Well, NS 4.5 is a bit more buggy than NS 4.07, so I wouldn't get too
excited over either of them.  Right now NS 4.5 is frustrating; the
Mail/Newgroup reader part of NS crashes on me way too often.


-- 
Ed C.