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

Tue May 4 20:09:02 2004

Also you can go to www.mozilla.org and there is a binary package of 
1.7beta there that is compiled on PPC.  all you have to do is unpack it 
in /usr/local and make a link to the run mozilla shell script and it 
works like a charm.

David C. Hacker, DVM
212 N 1st St #2
New Salem, ND 58563
(701) 843-8179
On May 4, 2004, at 6:03 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> 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>
>
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