Lawson;
Thanks. I'm downloading Netscape 4.7 (for Linux 2.0 (glibc)) as I type
this.
Tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Tom Bernett wrote:
>
> > Hi all;
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
>
> For RedHat 5.2, you want Linux 2.0 (glibc). RedHat made a tremendous
> and very successful effort with RH 5.0 to make everything work with
> glibc, aka libc-6, and it is now pretty much _the_ standard c library.
>
> libc-5, the previous standard, is not binary compatible with glibc, and
> you don't want to mix them in the same run unit.
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Tom
> >
>
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