On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, arachne-digest (actually Bernie) wrote:
> Nope, in short this is how Arachne is going to progress:
>
> Linux will be the main OS for the 2.x series, if someone (yours truly
> most likely) makes a 32-bit version for DOS that will follow along with
> the Linux version.
> The 1.99...99 versions will be the 16-bit versions of what Michael can
> use from the 32-bit/Linux 2.x versions.
from Michael Polak:
>Yes, this was my plan..... as Netscape 6 for Linux is real crap, I think
>importance of releasing really small and fast browser for Linux is
>high. But maybe I will get stuck with 16bits for some time more... I can
>do lot of work using SSHDOS, and for me, 1.68 with keep-alive option is
>really faster than previous releases. On phone line, the difference is
>maybe smaller than on Breezenet connection... and I still plan to do HP-LX
>otimized build.
I respond:
How is Netscape 6 for Linux real crap? Is it very buggy, or is it just far too
bloated? I won't be able to try it on present computer, Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz
with 20 MB RAM. Is it supposed to require 64 MB RAM? The way things are going
with bloatware, a new computer with 128 MB RAM won't be good for long. I
remember being dismayed recently to find the open-source Mozilla to have grown
too fat in its hardware requirements.
It should improve efficiency to develop Arachne Linux and DOS versions
concurrently, using DJGPP which is designed for porting from Unix to DOS.
I just installed Arachne 1.68, haven't been online yet but got load error trying
to view CHARSET.MES file, just as with Arachne 1.67.
