🚀 go-pugleaf

On 23 Mar 1997 02:44:11 GMT, Matt Jenkins <mdj@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
>Dave Fitch (david@spiral.matra.NOSPAM.com.au) wrote:
>
>[snip]
>: 
>: Is there any reason I should prefer the metro-X server over the ones
>: that come standard with Xfree86?? (given that I've only got a plain
>: type S3 video card, nothing too fancy)
>: 
>
>The newer versions of XFree and excellent and basically superior to Metro,
>unless you want to run multiple screens (Matrox only anyway)

Agreed.  Metro was no good for my card anyway, puttering along as I am on an
8bpp X-server setup.

>: The RedHat linux users guide is nice I guess, but is it really much
>: use?? (especially since I can ftp it anyway)
 
>Indeed.

The paper copy is nice, but I think you can buy the paper copy separately,
if you want to.

>: So what's Red Baron like?? (compared to netscape 3.0)  Is it just a
>: browser, or is it an editor or anything as well??  Is it worth the
>: extra $22??

>Well - I tried it. It's Mosaic on steroids. I found it to be even less
>stable than Netscape - so I use that. I wish there was some other
>alternative - but alas no. You can get a Netsc. 4.0 beta now which is
>nicer, but slower, buggier and bigger (what's new).

I got my full RedHat version before Red Baron, but it looks like Yggdrasil's
development of the Arena browser will soon give very nice results.  Until
then, I stick with the 2.0 version Netscape.  Much nicer than the current
bloatware. 

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Jason Stokes: j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au
Ph: +61 (06) 291 93 84