NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO People new to Mandrake and Linux should be able to get the most stable browser that works with the most sites, and does not have brain damage on Java code WITHOUT having to pay extra for it.
The Linux newbee who loads the basic install, and can't browse the web is NOT going to take the time to search newsgroups, or whatever, to find out that some other browser will work "real soon now" or that Netscape isn't Open Source / GPL "Politically Correct" so it's been religated to the extras disk. They'll just see that they can't go where they want to with Linux, and go back to windows. Along the way they'll tell 10 of their friends that Linux is junk, because they couldn't go to www.toomucheyecandy.com or whatever. Flame me if you must, and if this brands me an open source heritic, so be it - but if Netscape can be distributed for free, AS IN COST, not as in beer, and if it's the only thing we have that's stable, then I think we'd be foolish NOT to include it in the distro. Sorry if I'm grouchy tonight.. Vinny On Tuesday 26 February 2002 08:17 pm, you wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 09:20, Anthony Symons wrote: > > I primarily use opera, but from time to time there is some page or some > > javascript that opera wont handle that netscape will. I agree it does > > crash a lot, but the most recent 4.x isnt too bad and I often use it as > > a backup browser when nothing else will cope. Various sites with dynamic > > content come in to this category, as well as some video streams. > > There are many posts like this. I think the summary is: NS4 belongs in the > distro, but on the last (nonfree) download CD. > > All those in favour? > > Cheers; Leon
