on Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 05:57:22PM +0200, Frank Van Damme ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2003 17:49, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I don't want to get into any long debate, but I am looking for a light > > > weight browser. I am currently using Opera, but crashes occasionally and > > > I am getting really annoyed. What are you guys using? > > > > Galeon on reasonable HW. Dillo / w3m on older (PII-200 and worse). > > > > > > For more: > > > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/NixBrowsers > > Dillo and w3m on a 386 you mean :-) > > Galeon mustn't be a bad performer on a pII-200. At least it's workeable with > my p133.
P-133, 64 MiB, 4200 RPM drive (this is an old Thinkpad 560). I consider Galeon unusable for anything other than confirming layout. I don't believe the PII was shipped less than 200MHz, so what I'm saying is: pre-PII HW, you're going to want a lighter-weight option. I've been playing with the box as a remote server, displayed to anewer (1.7GHz, 512 MiB) system. Once you take the load of serving X off the box, it speeds up markedly. Generally, I don't demand the latest in graphics, etc., from my systems, but I tend to keep a lot of apps open, and expect relatively quick response most of the time. For interactive desktop use, I'm finding 1 GHz+ is preferable to anything slower, and P-133 is barely usable. YMMV. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? "Yes," said Marvin. "Wearily I sit here, pain and misery my only companions. And vast intelligence of course. And infinite sorrow. And..." -- HHGTG
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