Re: The other browsers


<robertharvey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1135946064.516313.37130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Several people have written about using Firefox or Opera instead of
> Internet Exploder.
>
> I have been using Konquerer 3.4.2 under suse Linux 10.0 since before
> Christmas, and it has worked flawlessly. Not a single site has refused
> to work
>
> I cannot recommend Linux too highly for people who just want do do a
> bit of internetting, email, and word processing. It works. This Suse
> installation boots faster than XPsp2, and the next one will probably
> use "init-the next generation" to load things in parallel and so boot
> even faster. Other applications (photo editing, DVD creation, CAD, DTP
> ofr example) are all covered too, and all bundled with the OS.
>
> But to return to the browser. Konquerer is actually the file browser
> on the KDE desktop, as well as the web browser, and also a network
> browser. It is a very clever bit of work and I commend it to everyone.
> Of all the browsers I have used it give the least trouble.

Well, I really wish I could get Linux to work properly - I recognise here
that I lack the knowhow aot the os lacking the wherewithall.

I've always had cheap machines with non-standard oem bits in and many
installations wouldn't even get going. Lately I did manage to install
MDK10.0 - after many many re-starts - but could I heck get my belkin usb
wireless dongle working. If you post a question on the Linux newsgroups you
get partial help and answers like - "you should buy hardware that supports
Linux".

My main motivation for getting Linux was to get away from the MS
stranglehold and not because I'm a techie who loves to tweak with open
source stuff. Ultimately, I don't think Linux was ever intended for people
who just want an os to work with the hardware they have straight out of the
box.


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