On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:34:30 +1100, Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 > 15:23:25 +0000: > > On (22/01/04 09:22), stan wrote: > > > > > > For several weeks now, I've had to freeze all my "testing" > > > systems, as an apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove galeon, which > > > is a critical requirement for these systems. > > > > > > Can anyone enlighteen me as to what's going on with this package? > > Sorry - I can't give you any info on Galeon other than I had a > > problem upgrading to sid and Galeon became so broken I had to > > reinstall. I've now switched to Mozilla-Firebird which works a > > treat ;) > > Is there a browser that is acceptable for slow computers? My AMD K6II > 500MHz box takes forever to render a page, or even to switch tabs. ..FWIW, this worked acceptably on my amd k6-2 450, I have used galeon a year ago on RH-9 with both 128 and 384MB ram, and galeon-1.2.3 (or 1.2.5?) will run for week off a woody setup, I usually wound up with 5 or 6 screens with 2 or 3 Galeon windows with 9 to 12 tabs going in each, all this off 384MB. ..'free' says? Check 'top', your box oughtta be a tad quicker than mine. > Given the galeon is using mozilla's rendering engine, and that the > alternatives I can think of are even worse (Konqueror is KDE, so > couldn't possibly have ever been designed to be at all resembling > quick). > > Nutscap 4.7 was acceptable (hell, I would even call it fast), but > naturally, is a little broken. > > Any experiences in this department, anyone? > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
