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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] browser,news,mail
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:52:01
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.62.0508271340450.5627@gandalf
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] browser,news,mail by John Dangler
1 To me it depends on what you want/need/like. I don't like Mozilla because
2 it has everything in one package. I like to be able to use Firefox as the
3 browser and other programs for news and mail.
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5 On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, John
6 Dangler wrote:
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8 > I've just completed setting up x server and gnome (why gnome - I'm a relic
9 > of *nix and Motif and gnome sort of reminds me of the older look and feel).
10 > gnome installs mozilla by default, which has browsing, news, and mail. How
11 > does this stack up against Firefox? I've seen a lot of press about using
12 > one or the other, but I'm trying to get a feel for why. Is one better
13 > suited to Gentoo than the other?
14 > (This particular box is used primarily for business apps and remote
15 > webserver/site tweaking when needed).
16 >
17 > Thanks for the input.
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19 > John D
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28 Brett I. Holcomb
29 brettholcomb@×××××××××××××.net
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RE: [gentoo-user] browser,news,mail John Dangler <jdangler@××××××××.net>