On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 11:52:43PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Mar 08, 2002, Nicholas Imfeld ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 you might try the kfm file manager as a browser replacement. Other possiblities include Netscape 3 & Chimera. I'm on a 1.2 Ghz Athlon & still haven't found any mail reader better than mutt, but if you want a GUI one, there again I will suggest KDE-1 kmail. Another mail client people say is small & fast is called sylpheed but I haven't tried it. I notice it depends on gtk+ and is not present in the stable tree. If you have trouble finding a Debian kde-1, try finding a mirror for Stormix or old Libranet here's one place that has Storm: http://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/storm CraigW
