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.
