[arachne] Re: Linux (was: Working (OT storms brewing))
From: Cristian Burneci <cristib@xxxxxxxxx>
To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:47:42 +0300
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În data de Lu, 06-06-2005 la 13:21 -0400, Steve a scris:
> Problem is that a CyrixIII identifies itself as a true
> i686 CPU, and 95% of the time, it acts like one, but there
> are some programs that will crash if compiled for i686.
> Those few programs can only run on a CyrixIII if compiled
> for i586 (Pentium).
Have you tried Slackware? Patrick Volkerding compiles everything for
i486, so it should work.
> Well, we don't no steenkin' file browser or e-mail stuff;
> just the browser. 'Nix has SO many e-mail clients, and when
> you have mc, what else would you need for file browsing /
> managing?
Actually Arachne has some powerful competition on Linux. Dillo and the
graphical Links are from the same category. Linux does understand a
limited JavaScript subset. Dillo is very small. There are no such
browsers in windows world.
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