RE: NETSCAPE on Alpha AXP

[Keith Baker <toaster cybercom net>]

On Thu, 28 May 1998, Bruce, Stephen wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> For all intents and purposes, there IS NO FREEWARE NETSCAPE
> for the Alpha axp running Redhat Linux.
> 
> A FREEWARE version does not exist. It never has existed;
> and it is never likely to exist, considering the fact
> that Motif (required) for the axp will set you back one hundred
> bucks or so; and the freeware version of Motif, called Lesstif,
> will not normally support the compiled version of Mozilla. (Even
> if you could compile it *easily* for  the axp 64-bit architecture
> - and believe me it is *not* easy to compile Mozilla on the 
> alpha!!).
>
So how does linux/intel work?  I don't own motif for linux/intel but
I can run netscape just fine...  I am under the assumption that the intel
flavor is static to get around the motif problem...  Why can't someone who
owns motif compile this for alpha?

Oh well...  my sparc is the most stable platform I have run netscape on
yet...
 
> Meanwhile LSL (www.lsl.com) *supposedly* will
sell you Motif > AND Netscape for the alpha axp/ Linux for $94.  However
> I have never been able to confirm that, and the flesh-eating
> drongos, er, pardon... I mean people, at LSL are,
> to put it mildly, less than helpful in documenting
> exactly what it is they are selling for the alpha.  
> 
> Finally, I would like to say that there is an incredible global
> lack of enthusiasm for coming up with a mozilla that will compile
> and work with lesstif-current on the axp/redhat.  I have tried
> Uncle George's diff and spent many hours trying to get it to go,
> but in the end, I am not a programmer and decided it was not
> worthwhile learning c just to get netscape going.  As a result
> my alpha red-hat box has undergone the ultimate ignominy of
> being cut over to NT and just runs as a Netscape proxy server
> in the background.
> 

Why is there such a lack of enthusiasm...  I mean atleast one good browser
would be nice...

> What a waste...
> 
> -s  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:khansen@njcc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 12:48 PM
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: NETSCAPE
> 
> 
> Imran,
> 	Did you downlaod an Alpha port of Netscape? Just a thought...
> 
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