[plug] Nutscrape 4.74 etc

[Leon Brooks]

Bret Busby wrote:

> We installed Red Hat 6.0, and, upgraded it to RH 6.2, and, the only
> problem that we have had with it, is that the Netscape that came with it
> (RH 6.2), is a heap of rubbish, causing me to upgrade from Netscape 4.74
> to 4.61. Yes, that was an upgrade - 4.61 runs relatively stably (?),
> and, does not make kamikaze attacks on the system, like 4.74 did. 4.74
> appeared to be a complementary virus, and, 4.61 works, most of the time,
> although, with 32MB RAM (that I have), it is best not to have more than
> about 4 sessions of Netscape going at the same time.

I have used 4.74 and had fewer problems than with 4.6x, although I 
currently use Mozilla 0.6 by default (it has a better email client than 
NS, not hard to do) or if I am not emailing, Konqueror because it is 
smaller, still faster, and does SSL without trauma (Mozilla's 
Java(script) is still better tho'). Useable browsers are beginning to 
pop out of the woodwork like spring buds.

On a 32MB machine, I have had about 30 Mozilla browser windows open, no 
worries, likewise Konqueror, no problems. Netscape tends to bog down at 
around the 20 windows mark, or if you are running multiple *instances* 
as opposed to multiple windows through one instance, or at the drop of a 
hat. Maybe you are running some unnecessary services? Or possibly 
Mandrake have done something mysterious to make it all work better.

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