Re: web browser choices

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-19 21:08:27, schrieb Ron Johnson: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/19/07 18:20, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > [snip] > > > > By the way, you can use Swiftfox. It is an optimized build of Firefox > > with machine-specific optimizations, aggressive opti

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 16:00:16 -0300, Cassiano Leal wrote: [...] > Yes, it is in the video card, but it's accessed through the /dev/fb* > 'files', in the same way that /dev/hda1 is in my HDD and yet it is accessed > through that 'file'. Which video card is it? (see the output of "lspci") Wh

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-24 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 s. keeling wrote: > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> framebuffer is not a device in that respect. /dev/fb* is reffering to a >> floppy drive. > > You likely mean /dev/fd* is referring to floppy drives, which is just > confusing the issue. :-) > >

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread s. keeling
Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > framebuffer is not a device in that respect. /dev/fb* is reffering to a > floppy drive. You likely mean /dev/fd* is referring to floppy drives, which is just confusing the issue. :-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Cassiano Leal
Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23 Mar, Joe Hart wrote: ... Well, i have no clue how udev is working. i remember in some old days i had to do some mknod with some magic numbers, but now it really should be handled by some udev. i have

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 23 Mar, Joe Hart wrote: > >> ... > >>> Well, i have no clue how udev is working. i remember in some old days >>> i had to do some mknod with some magic numbers, but now it really >>> should be handled by some udev. i hav

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Atis
framebuffer is not a device in that respect. /dev/fb* is reffering to a floppy drive. What links is telling you is it can't find the framebuffer in your video card. I don't know how to fix that issue, but I thought I would clarify for you that it isn't the floppy that it's looking for. No, lin

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread judd
On 23 Mar, Joe Hart wrote: > ... >> Well, i have no clue how udev is working. i remember in some old days >> i had to do some mknod with some magic numbers, but now it really >> should be handled by some udev. i have it running, even restarted it, >> but still no signs of /dev/fb* > > framebuffe

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Atis wrote: >>>I knew that a long time ago, but just now tried. It says that can't >>>find framebuffer device, and its true - i don't have /dev/fb0. Any >>>clue what kernel module i need for that? I tried loading intelfb, but >>>i guess just loading wo

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Atis
> I'm sure you can do it without recompiling, through some 'mknod' kind of > magic. Can't help you there, though. If you need help compiling your own > kernel, I can give you some hints. But nowadays, with things like udev, it its perfectly possible that the device will be created simply by loadin

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
I'm sure you can do it without recompiling, through some 'mknod' kind of magic. Can't help you there, though. If you need help compiling your own kernel, I can give you some hints. But nowadays, with things like udev, it its perfectly possible that the device will be created simply by loading

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Cassiano Leal
Atis wrote: On 3/20/07, Cassiano Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Yeah, I really love the fact that I can run 'links2 -g' from the console, no need for X. And it looks beautiful on my old laptop's framebuffer! Cassiano I knew that a long time ago, but just now tried. It says that can't

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-23 Thread Atis
On 3/20/07, Cassiano Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Yeah, I really love the fact that I can run 'links2 -g' from the console, no need for X. And it looks beautiful on my old laptop's framebuffer! Cassiano I knew that a long time ago, but just now tried. It says that can't find framebuf

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-22 Thread s. keeling
Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:40:06PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:05:07PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > > > I've been searching for browsers for a while, and I've found a few > > > that I like: > > > > > > [..kazhakas

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-20 Thread Thomas Dickey
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:01:30AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:03:33 -0600 >> "Javier Vasquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> > I'm sure you'll get better and more pertinent replies, even for the >> > opera vs fir

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-20 Thread Cassiano Leal
Celejar wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:56:48 -0400 Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:40:06PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:05:07PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: I've been searching for browsers for a while, and I've found a few t

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-20 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:01:30AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:03:33 -0600 > "Javier Vasquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > I'm sure you'll get better and more pertinent replies, even for the > > opera vs firefox never ending war. If you'd like to have java > > s

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-20 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 20:11 -0400, Matthew K Poer wrote: > I'm using Epiphany with Fluxbox WM right now. It works. I like it better > than Firefox (1.0.4 Sarge) for most things, because it's faster. Interesting. I didn't think Epiphany would work very well outside a Gnome environment. I really

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:03:33 -0600 "Javier Vasquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I'm sure you'll get better and more pertinent replies, even for the > opera vs firefox never ending war. If you'd like to have java > support, https, and occasionally flash, then I don't see lynx, links, > di

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On 3/19/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/07 18:20, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: [snip] > > By the way, you can use Swiftfox. It is an optimized build of Firefox > with machine-specific optimizations, aggressive optimization

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:56:48 -0400 Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:40:06PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:05:07PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > > > I've been searching for browsers for a while, and I've found a few >

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/19/07 18:20, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > [snip] >> >> By the way, you can use Swiftfox. It is an optimized build of Firefox >> with machine-specific optimizations, aggressive optimization flags and >> some f

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/07 18:20, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: [snip] > > By the way, you can use Swiftfox. It is an optimized build of Firefox > with machine-specific optimizations, aggressive optimization flags and > some features (like Pango) disabled to i

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:40:06PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:05:07PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > > I've been searching for browsers for a while, and I've found a few > > that I like: > > > > [..kazhakase..links2..galeon..chimera2..] > > > > > Chim

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:05:07PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > I've been searching for browsers for a while, and I've found a few > that I like: > > kazehakase; Not very well featured, but it's small and quick if you > just need a "down to the bones" browser. > > links2; An amazing browser

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 18:35 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I just want to make sure I'm not mising anything when I'm choosing a web > browser. I don't use a desktop environment as such, although I'm trying > out xfce4 instead of icewm. > > I want an Xwindow based web browser that lets me acc

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:35:32PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I just want to make sure I'm not mising anything when I'm choosing a web > browser. I don't use a desktop environment as such, although I'm trying > out xfce4 instead of icewm. > > I want an Xwindow based web browser that lets

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
So right now I use iceape. Its big and clunky I suppose, but mostly I don't like all the security bugs that keep being found in the gekko-based browsers (per the debian BTS). Well, I was trying to find a lightweight browser too. Dillo is beautifully fast, but 1-) Lack some features as you ment

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-19 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 3/19/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] Is there another well-featured web-browser that is _not_ integrated into a desktop environment? Thanks, Doug. Dillo is frozen right now (http://www.dillo.org), so I don't know if it'll accomplish its goals any time soon, and if