[svlug] Latest Netscape works on Linux

[Rafael]

I don't know why you guys have so many problems with Netscape. I
installed a bit short ( I mentined before that 2% of file was missing)
gzipped file. Java and other stuff works on 

version   2.0.30 #13 Tue Jul 22 10:59:46 PDT 1997 i586
with these libraries:

ls /lib
cpp                  libext2fs.so         libpthread.so.0
ld-linux.so.1        libext2fs.so.2       libpthread.so.0.5
ld-linux.so.1.7.14   libext2fs.so.2.0     libpwdb.a
ld.so                libforms.so.0.86     libpwdb.so
ld.so.1.7.14         libm.so.5            libpwdb.so.0
libc.so.5            libm.so.5.0.6        libpwdb.so.0.53
libc.so.5.3.12       libncp.so            libss.so
libcom_err.so        libncp.so.1          libss.so.2
libcom_err.so.2      libncp.so.1.0        libss.so.2.0
libcom_err.so.2.0    libpam.so            libtermcap.so.2
libdl.so             libpam.so.0          libtermcap.so.2.0.5
libdl.so.1           libpam.so.0.54       libtermcap.so.2.0.8
libdl.so.1.7.14      libpam_misc.a        modules
libe2p.so            libpam_misc.so       security
libe2p.so.2          libpam_misc.so.0
libe2p.so.2.1        libpam_misc.so.0.54

That's from standard RedHat 4.1. I compiled a newer kernel.

Netscape works with java here in the office. I used it to order stocks
at E*trade. Java graphs and tables all worked. Don't know if I'll make
more money due to using Linux.

Netscape did crash a few times on other ocassions but it wasn't realy
critical. There was no core dump. It's more stable than earlier  Solaris
version. Just grab staticaly linked version. I am not sure if dynamicaly
linked is available. It takes more memory but that is not a problem in
my case (64MB). Since I don't have Motif I always download staticaly
linked software unless I can compile it without Motif.

I haven't installed StarOffice yet due to libc.5.5 it requires. I need
to get that lib first. It's disk hungry though, about 65MB I think.
Database (Adabas) also expects "hundreds" of MB.

On the other note: Cobol programer dived something by zero? No wonder we
have Y2K problem :-)  (Chris don't kill me, yet :-) By the way, what is
"GREATER ZEROES"?
Zero is zero, the smaller it is, more likely it's zero :-)

where do you want your data to go today? 

http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/970925/tech/stories/encrypt_4.html

Rafael
When the encryption gets outlawed, only outlaws will have the
encryption.

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