On 03 Oct 2001, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > Simon Law wrote: > > >On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Peter Christensen wrote: > > > >> > >>Anyway, I thought I would post this question here just in case it's an > >>obvious, easily fixed problem. Otherwise, I'll just re-install from a > >>new set of disks. By the way, my computer is a Pentium 200 MHz, with 32 > >>MB of RAM. Is this too antiquated to run Mozilla, or perhaps Gnome or > >>Galeon eventually??? > >> > > > > Oh my. You're going to get a lot of responses telling you to > >upgrade; but my guess is that you're problems stems from low RAM. On > >32 MB of RAM, you're going to start running deep into virtual memory > >because of Mozilla's big footprint. I've heard good things about Galeon, > >but on your computer, you may just want to stick with lynx-ssl. > > > >Simon > > > > > Or you could try Opera. It's c;osed source thought but a very nice and > fast browser. It runs reasonably fast (means faster than Netscape) on my > P133 with 80MB RAM. > You can get .debs from the Operasite: http://www.opera.com > > Frank >
Don't really get on with Opera myself. I always seem to come back to Netscape in the end, with all its faults. The 4.7 versions seem to crash less often than earlier ones. Mind you, I prefer Lynx to any of them and use it when I can, especially for downloads. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Debian GNU/Linux (Windows-free zone). For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 140 book reviews, go to http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ It's no go the Yogi Man, it's no go Blavatsky. All we need is a cheque book and a bit of skirt in a taxi. [Louis MacNeice]
