On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 11:42:44PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Mar 10, 2002, Joe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > 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 .... > > This is simply not an option on a 486. > hmm. maybe not. I had it once on a 486 box with 24 Mb RAM, but the CPU was upgraded to a 120 Mhz Pentium.
CraigW
