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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:56:21 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        alk@Think.COM (Tony Kimball)
Cc:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: More X question
Message-ID:  <199603270126.LAA07193@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603261709.LAA03974@compound> from "Tony Kimball" at Mar 26, 96 11:09:30 am

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Tony Kimball stands accused of saying:
> 
> 
> > > Except the Linux netscape will puke out if you run it in 16 bit per pixel
> > > mode, even on FreeBSD under emulation.
> > 
> > Another good reason to run the BSDI version... 8)
> 
> Is the BSDI version ftp'able?  On the principal Netscape mirrors, I
> only see unknown-bsd.

That _is_ the BSDOS version.  Out of consideration to us and the NetBSD
people, they just call it "bsd".

> Also:  Has the JDK/HotJava been ported to FreeBSD?

Don't believe so; there are several people around with the source, but it
sounds like it was written by a group who either had no idea about 
portable software, or had a clear pro-Sun bias.

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