Thomas Mueller <mueller6...@twc.com> said: > There are some Linux distros for older computers, and NetBSD and > FreeBSD can be installed on older computers. > But building packages or the system from source is likely to be > prohibitively slow on older machines.
But these distros do not run newer browsers. Indeed, there will be even less apps available to a Linux distro that runs (plods ?) in a 486 or early Pentium than to DOS. > But there are some websites where lack of Flash support only stops > junk advertising from showing. Fortunately, most of those that use Flash fall in this category. I agree with D M Cunney that javascript is the most important shortcoming of DOS browsers, but I think HTML5 less needed than SSL v3 JAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
