[ale] Upgrading Red Hat 6.2 and Netscape 4.72

[Dow Hurst]

I think XFCE is wonderful for a quick response, easy to fiddle with, 
pleasant X environment.  It is lightweight and the only slowdown you 
will find is the applications you run, not your window manager.  You can 
install SuSE, which comes with the most functional software already 
installed or available to you.  It has XFCE as a option for your default 
windowing environment, however, the KDE and Gnome apps are available to 
run if you want while staying in XFCE.  It is a most versatile 
environment.  I'd meet up with Geoffrey, who is a very nice person, and 
get SUSE 9.1 or 9.2 and run with that on new hardware.  James has a 
point about your older hardware being just a bit too old to trust.  Bob 
has a good point about backing up what you've got.  Good luck!

I'm in Greensboro NC or I'd meet up for beer and a SuSE trade!
Dow


Roger Hammons wrote:

>I'm a new subscriber to this list.  Please be patient and forgive any
>faux pas.
>
>Also, I've been in the weeds and woods for several years.  I'm currently
>running
>Red Hat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14-5.0) on a Pentium 166.  Everything works fine
>(so I've
>been lazy and haven't kept up), EXCEPT that now I need to upgrade from
>Netscape 
>4.72 to a more recent browser to access many web sites.
>
>I bought Firefox - the readme on the CD says it needs R.H. ver 7.x.  The
>download
>Netscape 7.2 info says it needs a Pentium 233.  I looked at the Opera
>web site - 
>I can't tell what hardware / Linux it requires - it only mentions a C++
>library and 
>something about 'X11R6.3+' (?).
>
>Question #1: Does anyone have experience with these or other newer
>browsers and an 
>older Linux?  Are these requirements really necessary?  Any ideas or
>suggestions 
>about installing one of these browsers over my current Linux?
>
>Re: upgrading Linux: I've read a little about Fedora Core (3?), but I
>don't know if 
>I can or should or how I could (easily? or is that too much to ask?)
>upgrade over 
>my R.H. 6.2.  I've seen the SuSE 9.2 box at MicroCenter and read that
>some people
>like it, but I'm not sure if I should or need to change brands and start
>over.
>
>Question #2: Does anyone have advice or suggestions about upgrading to a
>newer Linux?
>
>If these questions aren't pertinent for the group, I'd welcome direct
>email replies 
>or my Atlanta phone number if that seems better (I drink beer and I'm
>willing to buy
>a few rounds if that helps).
>
>Roger H.,  egorra at attglobal.net
>
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