on Sun, Mar 10, 2002, Joe (craigw@lvcm.com) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 11:52:43PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Mar 08, 2002, Nicholas Imfeld (orion28@drexel.edu) wrote: > > > I have set up an old 486 laptop with debian. I am looking for an x > > > email client (preferably graphical as opposed to test based) and a web > > > browser that don't require a lot of space, memory, etc. > > > > I'd ***STRONGLY*** encourage you to stick with the text alternatives, > > unless you're using the 486 _just_ as an X11 terminal, you might be able > > to run more advanced apps on it. Otherwise, I'd stick with mutt, w3m, > > lynx, and similar text-mode apps. > > > > If X is an absolute requirement, look to BrowseX as a browser. It's > > Tk/Tcl based and pretty light. Nothing else I'm aware of comes close. > > Dillo's small of itself, but the gtk requirements are large. > > If you install KDE 1.x .... This is simply not an option on a 486. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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