Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:59:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: Christophe Juniet <cjuniet@entreview.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020811072314.A16333-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <20020805121707.B82287@abigail.blackend.org>
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Marc Fonvieille wrote: > -Check the names of packages, from a 4.6-STABLE: > pkg_add -rv linux-netscape6 The Netscape 6 ports are marked RESTRICTED because of their licensing, so packages should not appear on the FTP sites. I've also marked them FORBIDDEN because of a security bug, but perhaps corrected versions will be available someday. > Browser section: > -Maybe you could tell that Opera is a commercial app :) and give the > link to their website. Here are my suggestions for this section. I accidentally changed some spaces to tabs when I ran "fmt". --- desktop-browsers.html.orig Tue Aug 6 07:16:52 2002 +++ desktop-browsers.html Sun Aug 11 05:54:05 2002 @@ -42,43 +42,41 @@ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="DESKTOP-BROWSERS">6.2 Browsers</a></h1> - <p>FreeBSD does not come with a particular browser - pre-installed. Instead, the www ports collection contains a + <p>FreeBSD does not come with a particular browser pre-installed. + Instead, the www category in the ports collection contains a lot of browsers ready to be installed. If you don't have time - to compile everything (this can be very long in some cases) - many of them are available as packages.</p> + to compile everything (this can take a very long time in some + cases) many of them are available as packages.</p> - <p>Some Desktop Environments, like <b class= - "APPLICATION">KDE</b> and <b class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b>, - already provide a HTML browser. Please refer to the <a href= - "x11-wm.html">Desktop Environments</a> section of the - handbook for more information on how to setup these complete - desktops.</p> + <p><b class= "APPLICATION">KDE</b> and <b + class="APPLICATION">GNOME</b> already provide HTML browsers. + Please refer to the <a href= "x11-wm.html">Desktop Environments</a> + section of the Handbook for more information on how to set up + these complete desktops.</p> <div class="SECT2"> <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN6277">6.2.1 Mozilla</a></h2> <p><b class="APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> is perhaps the most - recommendable browser for your FreeBSD Desktop. It is - modern, stable, and fully ported to FreeBSD. It features a - very standards-compliant HTML engine. It also provides with - a mail and news reader so it comes in really handy. It has - even got a HTML composer if you plan to write some web - pages yourself. Users of <b class= - "APPLICATION">Netscape</b> will recognize the <b class= - "APPLICATION">Communicator</b> suite, as both browsers once - shared the same basis.</p> - - <p>On slow machines with a frequency less than 233MHz or - with less than 64MB of RAM, <b class= - "APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> can be too resource consuming to - be fully usable. You may want to look at the <b class= - "APPLICATION">Opera</b> browser instead, described a little - further in this chapter.</p> + suitable browser for your FreeBSD desktop. It is modern, + stable, and fully ported to FreeBSD. It features a very + standards-compliant HTML engine. It provides a mail and + news reader. It even has a HTML composer if you plan to + write Web pages yourself. Users of <b + class="APPLICATION">Netscape</b> will recognize the <b + class="APPLICATION">Communicator</b> suite, as both browsers + share the same basis.</p> + + <p>On slow machines with a frequency less than 233 MHz or + with less than 64 MB of RAM, + <b class="APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> can be too resource-consuming + to be fully usable. You may want to look at the + <b class= "APPLICATION">Opera</b> browser instead, described + a little further on in this chapter.</p> <p>If you cannot or do not want to compile <b class= - "APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> for any reason, the FreeBSD Team - has already done this for you. Just install the package + "APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> for any reason, the FreeBSD GNOME + team has already done this for you. Just install the package from the network by typing:</p> <pre class="SCREEN"> <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= @@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ </pre> <p>If the package is not available but you have enough time - and hard-disk space, you can get the sources of <b class= + and disk space, you can get the sources of <b class= "APPLICATION">Mozilla</b>, compile it and install it on your system. This is easily accomplished by:</p> <pre class="SCREEN"> @@ -99,8 +97,8 @@ <p>After <b class="APPLICATION">Mozilla</b> is installed, you may want to first run it as <tt class= "USERNAME">root</tt> to ensure a correct initialization. It - is also the right time to fetch some add-ons and plugins as - they require <tt class="USERNAME">root</tt> priviledges to + is also the right time to fetch some add-ons and plug-ins as + they require <tt class="USERNAME">root</tt> privileges to get installed.</p> <p>Once you are set, you do not need to be <tt class= @@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ </pre> <p>You can start it directly as a mail and news reader as - follow:</p> + follows:</p> <pre class="SCREEN"> <tt class="PROMPT">%</tt> <tt class= "USERINPUT"><b>mozilla -mail</b></tt> @@ -124,37 +122,31 @@ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN6313">6.2.2 Netscape</a></h2> <p>The ports collection contains several versions of the - Netscape browser. Note that Nescape dropped support of the - 4.x family for the FreeBSD platform in favor of the - upcoming Netscape 6/7.</p> - - <p>While you can install a FreeBSD native Netscape browser, - you may want to use a more recent Linux vesion. In this - case, you have to get the <a href="linuxemu.html">Linux - Binary Compatibility</a> package.</p> + Netscape browser. Since the native FreeBSD ones contain a + serious security bug, installing those is strongly discouraged. + Instead, use a more recent Linux or DIGITAL UNIX version. + To use a Linux one, you have to get the + <a href="linuxemu.html">Linux binary compatibility</a> + package.</p> <p>The next step is to install the browser itself. The - lastest stable release of the Netscape browser is Netscape - 6. It can be installed with this simple command:</p> -<pre class="SCREEN"> - <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= -"USERINPUT"><b>pkg_add -r linux-netscape6</b></tt> -</pre> - - <p>If for some reason, this package is not available for - download, you can use the ports collection. Simply do:</p> + latest stable release of the Netscape browser is Netscape + 6. It can be installed from the ports collection. Simply do:</p> <pre class="SCREEN"> <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= "USERINPUT"><b>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-netscape6</b></tt> <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= "USERINPUT"><b>make install clean</b></tt> </pre> + <p>There are localized versions in the french, german, and + japanese categories.</p> <div class="CAUTION"> <blockquote class="CAUTION"> - <p><b>Caution:</b> Netscape 3.x or 4.x versions are not - recommended as they are very old, poorly compliant with - today's standards and fairly unsecure.</p> + <p><b>Caution:</b> Netscape 4.x versions are not + recommended because they are not compliant with today's + standards. However, Netscape 6 is only available for + the i386 platform.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> @@ -163,12 +155,13 @@ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN6330">6.2.3 Opera</a></h2> <p><b class="APPLICATION">Opera</b> is a very fast, - full-featured, and standards-compliant browser. It is - originally developped for Linux but it runs flawlessly on - FreeBSD thanks to the binary compatibility. Before you can - browse the web with <b class="APPLICATION">Opera</b>, you - must enable the <a href="linuxemu.html">Linux Binary - Compatibility</a>.</p> + full-featured, and standards-compliant browser. It comes + in two versions: one which displays advertising, and one + which costs money. It is released for Linux but runs + flawlessly on FreeBSD, thanks to the binary compatibility. + Before you can browse the Web with + <b class="APPLICATION">Opera</b>, you must enable the + <a href="linuxemu.html">Linux binary compatibility</a>.</p> <p>Once this is done, you just have to install the <b class="APPLICATION">Opera</b> package:</p> @@ -177,9 +170,9 @@ "USERINPUT"><b>pkg_add -r linux-opera</b></tt> </pre> - <p>Sometimes, some ftp sites do not have all the packages - but the same result can be obtained with the ports - collection by typing:</p> + <p>Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but the + same result can be obtained with the ports collection by + typing:</p> <pre class="SCREEN"> <tt class="PROMPT">#</tt> <tt class= "USERINPUT"><b>cd /usr/port/www/linux-opera</b></tt> @@ -190,7 +183,7 @@ <div class="TIP"> <blockquote class="TIP"> <p><b>Tip:</b> Many of the ports using the <a href= - "linuxemu.html">Linux Binary Compatibility</a> start + "linuxemu.html">Linux binary compatibility</a> start with ``linux-''. Remember this when you search for a particular port, for instance with <a href= "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=whereis&sektion=1"> @@ -202,7 +195,7 @@ <div class="SECT2"> <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN6354">6.2.4 * - Plugins</a></h2> + Plug-ins</a></h2> <p>flash, java, real, etc</p> </div> @@ -250,4 +243,3 @@ "mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> </body> </html> - -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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