Ismael;
Thanks for the response.
Ismael wrote:
>
> > I've got Linux up and running and it's my everyday OS now, but I'm not
> > gonna let that stop me from asking a bunch of dumb newbie questions.
>
> Everybody does ;) "There is always a guru guruier than you"
Any guru is guruier than me. :o[
>
> > I went to download the latest version of Netscape (v. 4.7). I was
> > offered two versions; Linux 2.0, and Linux 2.0 (glibc). I'm running
> > RedHat 5.2 (2.0.36). Do I want/need the glibc version? What's the
> > difference?
>
> Well IMHO you should switch to 2.2 kernels and to glibc.
> In fact glibc is libc6, and I think I remind that RH 5.2 uses libc5.
> To get back to the point, glibc keeps backward compatibilty with
> libc5 but more and more binaries and new programs you could want
> to use use glibc6 functions.
>
> So try upgrading your system to RedHat or mandrake 6.0(or later version),
> RPM is useful for this.
Oh man...! I was just starting to enjoy *using* Linux instead of
installing/configuring/downloading/upgrading/etc. Linux. I took a quick
look at the ...redhat.install newsgroup and saw all the horror stories
about upgrading to redhat 6.1. Evidently the entire 6.1 version is
needed even for an upgrade. Guess I'll have to order another CD. I'm
not sure I want to get into that right now.
I'd rather work on installing Wine so I can run Free Agent for usenet.
Then I can eliminate one more reason for booting OS/2 every so often.
Thanks again, but tell me... are the 'home' and 'end' keys supposed to
work in Netscape, or not?
Tom
>
> > Also, I've been using Netscape 4.07 and was disappointed that the 'home'
> > and 'end' keys didn't work to send me to the top or bottom of a web
> > page. But just this morning they started working! Unfortunately they
> > soon stopped working again. So the capablility is there! Is it
> > something I'm doing? I'm running Netscape under KDE.
>
> Try to pray RMS... Netscape is a strange thing ;)
>
> --
> Ismael
>
> /* Today's excuse : We need a licensed electrician to replace
>
> the light bulbs in the computer room. */
