Re: linux + mozilla(web) + pentium 133

From: Chris Share (usenet_at_caesium.me.uk)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: 5 Apr 2004 00:09:40 GMT

On 4 Apr 2004 11:32:40 -0700, Jason_ <zombie803@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anyway, what I need is to get my old Pentium 133 'back into service' -
> as primarily a web browser only machine (well, it'll probably run VNC
> and a VPN client eventually - to connect to my w2k server VPN).
>
> I have Fedora installed with Gnome (with working mozilla browser) -
> but it is painfully slow to do anything with.

Two reasons: gnome is inherently slow, as is fedora. Using a lighter
window manager such as fluxbox, icewm or wmaker will help, as would
changing distro to debian or slackware. However the latter is a bit more
work....

> Can I somehow have this thing boot into a CLI where I can type mozilla
> (or whatever) and run a graphical browser? I get the impression I
> don't need to be running Gnome or KDE to use a graphics web browser -
> but just how do I do it?

No, if you boot into the text console you can't run X apps such as
mozilla. However using a lightweight window manager should help a lot -
you could just use it with an xterm run maximised, and just start X apps
when you need them.

Also mozilla itself can be a bit slow... you might want to try one of
the mozilla derivatives such as galeon or mozilla-firefox.

chris

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