Re: tlug: Evil Netscape RPM & search for alternatives

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Jonathan Byrne writes:

 > I suppose whether it will mess with your system or not depends a lot on
 > what your system is :-)

Well, yeah, but what I really mean is "not letting itself be managed
by the package manager." I don't see how replacing Kinput2 without
making an appropriate entry in the RPM database is acceptable behavior.

 > PHT's Muriyari Netscape 4.07 package works OK on
 > my TL system.  In fact, it seems a great deal more stable than Muriyari
 > 4.04 was, so I'm quite pleased.

Thanks, I'll try it.

 > on machines with 128 and 256 meg of memory probably helps a lot, too.

Ii naaaa!
Yeah, I know memory's cheap these days. But having just bought a new
hard disk and a Python book and ApplixWare-J ....
Oh well. I appreciate the tip, even if I lack the memory to take *full 
advantage* of it.

Regards,
Matt Gushee
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido
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