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Re: lite applications



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.

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