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Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>   Remove Mozilla from the 'desktop-summary' section
>>
>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.83      +0 -6      doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
>>     
>
> There is another bit of text that is getting woefully out of date in a
> similar manner.  Our `new-users' article mentions:
>
>     <para>You might want to get the most recent version of &netscape;
>       from their <ulink url="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/">FTP site</ulink>.
>       (&netscape; requires the X Window System.) ...
>
> Netscape is not really a `modern' browser anymore.  I'll be working on
> the `new-users' article, trying to drag it out of the 90's and into the
> modern age during the next few hours.  If anyone wants to help, please
> email me :)
>
>
>
>   
I just peeked at it, and I certainly see what you mean.
References to OS/2, Printing from DOS, Copying ports' distfiles from CD
media...
Lots of stuff to fix.  And maybe add a concise section on running X11
(probably simply referencing  the  Handbook's chapter, but also
mentioning  possible 'gotchas'  for  MS-Windows users).