[KLUG Members] Fedora - first look.

Dennis members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:34:40 -0500


Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> > >   Mozilla crashes all the time, even a advanced google search
> > >   crashes on me.  Here is an URL that crashes it every time:
> > >       http://www.i4u.com/japanreleases/hitachirobot.htm
> >
> > What version of Mozilla did you try?
> 
> Fedora comes with Mozilla 1.4.1.
> Maybe I'll download 1.5 and see how that runs.
> 
> > I downloaded the binary of Firebird from mozilla.org, and it works fine
> > here (but I think I have to upgrade Java). You might find it a
> > satisfactory substitute for Galeon.
> 
> Does it require Mozilla?
> 
>  - BS
> 

No, Firebird is just the browser portion of Mozilla. It is completely
seperate but is based on the same tree as Mozilla. Similarly,
Thunderbird is the mail/news only portion of Mozilla. They can be
downloaded and run without ever having Mozilla on the machine.
-- 
Dennis