Re: netscape 4.6

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, robert.fallis wrote:

> Hi Alex ,
> I have very little trouble with 4.5 netscape.it runs very well.

I guess it depends what you're doing with it then. I must be unlucky ;)

> I
> sometimes have difficulty conecting with KPP. but I think that's Virgin
> Net. since it's gone free it's been a little difficult.. who every heard
> of a free virgin?.

I've heard stories (can't vouch for the truth in them, never tried this)
that older accounts in Virgin Freeserve (possibly others - I've heard
this from various people at various times) get slower. I know someone who
claims that upon opening a new freeserve account his access times dropped
and he got better connection speeds. I personally think it sounds like
bunkum, but you never know. . .

> looking again at the Netscape download page linux2.0 is version 4.08
> whilsts the libcs is version 4.06.

I had a quick look myself, and as usual there are many versions hidden all
over the place. The linux20-libc5 version is there, under 'supported'.
There is also the linux20-glibc version, under 'unsupported'. That's
available from

ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.6/english/unix/
unsupported/linux20_glibc2/navigator_standalone/
navigator-v46-export.x86-unknown-linuxglibc2.0.tar.gz

(note the breaks in the extra-long URL!!)

To be honest, either the libc5 or the glibc version should work, since
you're using precompiled binaries. The only problem I've ever heard of
libc-wise is StarOffice - that can barf quite badly on a glibc machine. I
guess you could probably choose the smaller download!

Cheers,

Alex.

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