[ale] Upgrading Red Hat 6.2 and Netscape 4.72

[Andrew Thornton]

I have a full copy of SuSE 9.2 if you want the originals +  manuals ?

I do most of my installs from my network at home and have 9.3 on 
pre-order.

Cheers

Andy

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Andrew Thornton
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Dow Hurst wrote:

> I think XFCE is wonderful for a quick response, easy to fiddle with, 
> pleasant X environment.  It is lightweight and the only slowdown you 
> will find is the applications you run, not your window manager.  You can 
> install SuSE, which comes with the most functional software already 
> installed or available to you.  It has XFCE as a option for your default 
> windowing environment, however, the KDE and Gnome apps are available to 
> run if you want while staying in XFCE.  It is a most versatile 
> environment.  I'd meet up with Geoffrey, who is a very nice person, and 
> get SUSE 9.1 or 9.2 and run with that on new hardware.  James has a 
> point about your older hardware being just a bit too old to trust.  Bob 
> has a good point about backing up what you've got.  Good luck!
> 
> I'm in Greensboro NC or I'd meet up for beer and a SuSE trade!
> Dow
> 
> 
> Roger Hammons wrote:
> 
> >I'm a new subscriber to this list.  Please be patient and forgive any
> >faux pas.
> >
> >Also, I've been in the weeds and woods for several years.  I'm currently
> >running
> >Red Hat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14-5.0) on a Pentium 166.  Everything works fine
> >(so I've
> >been lazy and haven't kept up), EXCEPT that now I need to upgrade from
> >Netscape 
> >4.72 to a more recent browser to access many web sites.
> >
> >I bought Firefox - the readme on the CD says it needs R.H. ver 7.x.  The
> >download
> >Netscape 7.2 info says it needs a Pentium 233.  I looked at the Opera
> >web site - 
> >I can't tell what hardware / Linux it requires - it only mentions a C++
> >library and 
> >something about 'X11R6.3+' (?).
> >
> >Question #1: Does anyone have experience with these or other newer
> >browsers and an 
> >older Linux?  Are these requirements really necessary?  Any ideas or
> >suggestions 
> >about installing one of these browsers over my current Linux?
> >
> >Re: upgrading Linux: I've read a little about Fedora Core (3?), but I
> >don't know if 
> >I can or should or how I could (easily? or is that too much to ask?)
> >upgrade over 
> >my R.H. 6.2.  I've seen the SuSE 9.2 box at MicroCenter and read that
> >some people
> >like it, but I'm not sure if I should or need to change brands and start
> >over.
> >
> >Question #2: Does anyone have advice or suggestions about upgrading to a
> >newer Linux?
> >
> >If these questions aren't pertinent for the group, I'd welcome direct
> >email replies 
> >or my Atlanta phone number if that seems better (I drink beer and I'm
> >willing to buy
> >a few rounds if that helps).
> >
> >Roger H.,  egorra at attglobal.net
> >
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