Firebird browser... Where can I get a YDL compatible version?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Denholm:

Douglas Denholm wrote:
> The version of mozilla that was installed by YDL 3.01
> doesn't work for me. So I am trashing it and using
> Konqueror in the short term.

Really? What doesn't work about it? Most people find that it is an 
exemplary (if bloated) browser. The version with Yellow Dog Linux is 
several revisions old, but I like it for most things.

Konqueror will eventually be a fine browser, but at present (or, at 
least in the version we have in Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1), it is a better 
file browser than Web browser (in my humble opinion). When the Konqueror 
folks have incorporated Apple's (and Dan Hyatt's) bug fixes and 
improvements, I think Konqueror will start demanding respect.

> I have been using Mozilla's new Firefox browser on my
> OS X and WinXP boxes. Is there a Firefox 0.8 version
> available for YDL?

Firefox is good and on the verge of becoming great. Here's a link that 
Baruch Stone sent to the list a few months ago:

Baruch Stone <mailto:baruch1 AT mac DOT com> wrote:
> Hi, everyone. A search with google and the assistance of
> the the freenode.net yellowdog # yielded the following
> site which had lots of ydl rpms... 
> <http://gurke.gaertner.de/ydl-rpms/>

This should get you started.

> If so, how does one install it... I am a newbie to Linux
> and YDL so I am a bit vague on all this rpm and yum stuff
> (There didn't seem to be a Firefox package available on
> the yum suppository ;).

If you are truly a newbie, you might want to take baby steps and get 
used to installing something (anything -- pick some program that 
interests you, or make a general update of your system) using the yum 
system. Start by looking here:

<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yum.shtml>

Installing or updating with yum will get you used to the command line 
and performing actions with root privileges. Installing an rpm package 
(such as the Firefox) is only slightly harder, but there are a few 
gotchas (for instance, I have learned to type "rpm -Uvh packagename" to 
install a package that way, but I don't know what the magic "Uvh" 
incantation accomplishes).

> Does anybody want to convince me that Konqueror is better than Firefox?

No, because it is not. :-)

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Clint

-- 
Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>