Re: Netscape instability (hangs, crashes); is netscape4-4.0_12 installer compatible with 4.05?
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>I tried installing 4.5 using the packages from slink(?), but they depend
>on the slink version of libc6 and who knows what else, which I don't want
to
>mess with before slink is deemed stable.
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I installed 4.5 with the Hamm packages and haven't had any problems. It
seems stable enough, certainly more so than IE on this piece-of-crap win 98
machine I'm using now.
Now that I remeber, I have a little observation I'm curious about. If anyone
has an idea, let me know.
On my linux box at home (P200 98M of ram) I have a 33.6 modem. I have
terrible phone lines, and therefor rarely connect faster than 28.8. However,
under Linux I've found this to be acceptible as it is usually a steady and
stall-free connection.
But if I connect to the same ISP from home with my 56k modem on my winblows
laptop, it stalls all the time or just goes really really slow. This is also
often the case when I use my laptop at work and connect at 42k. I originally
though my modem in my laptop could be screwed, but it turns out that any
windows computer at our office get the same weak link under windows. I don't
even always have to block call waiting at home, as my connection under linux
is often too strong to be denied, even with a long string of beeps from call
waiting. It's fun to watch friends try to get through from X-windows. I can
look at the ppp graph and once in a while it just drops off to zero, then
picks right back up and keeps going.
Is linux just technically superior? (stupid question, I know) Does my ISP
just favor a unix to unix connection? A more efficient TCP/IP stack? What's
the deal? It makes me never want to use windows on the internet, and makes
doing so one of the most frustrating things imaginable. It drives me crazy
being connected at 42k right now, and still longing for my 33.6 connection
at home.
-Colin
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