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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Opera 9.63 font problem
  • Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:56:43 +0000

Then since I have free broadband
 
???  How do you get "free" broadband?  I can't even get broadband for an excessive monthly fee.  Thanks.
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> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
> > I downloaded Opera 9.63. I could not find a way to run it from a wrapper
> > script in the unpacked directory so I ran install.sh.
>
>
> Turns out the wrapper script is in a different place and you don't need to
> install this version.
>
> You can safely delete about 8MB of locale files (keep en or your preferred
> language directory or it won't load).
>
> No more complaints about plugins not working.
>
> I am testing the battery for my Toshiba Satellite 420CDT 100Mhz with 24MB
> memory (which also works in 133 and 266MHz Toshibas among others) and was
> instructed to keep the computer in use as long as possible so I stuck in
> my orinoco card (a Microsoft MSN labelled one) and booted with a 2.4
> framebuffer kernel so I could get nice full-screen text and also use this
> card (won't work with 2.2 kernel).
>
> With this and another small 2.4 kernel, the computer crashes if I load X,
> switch to another VT, then switch back to X. TO avoid this, I kill the
> process for X from the vt.
>
> SVGA server uses 17.1% of memory (does this include my 48MB swap?).
> Xvesa 5.1%
> xfbdev 4% (probably also a bit extra for the kernel).
>
> With the last of these and fb kernel, simply loading X and an rxvt uses
> 20MB memory, which leaves little to work in unless you swap a lot.
>
> I loaded X_SVGA and Opera 9.63 which took forever to load and then got
> stuck at a big site and would not quit loading it, or let me switch VTs,
> or exit Opera until it finished loading the site. I discovered after it
> finally got the site downloaded that Opera itself was using about 80% of
> memory. After starting over with xfbdev and about:blank, it uses only (!)
> 69.9%. I repeated the test a few times. Then since I have free broadband
> I downloaded other versions:
>
> bz2 binary %RAM (of 72MB)
> 7.54 4.6M 9.8M 57.4% (with graphical ad banner, not removable)
> 8.54 5.5M 12M 39.7% (about:blank default page)
> 9.26 6.5M 14.4M 57.9% (loaded about:blank instead of speed dial)
> 9.50b 7.6M (this one crashes a lot, unstable beta)
> 9.63 10.2M 15.9M 69.9% (about:blank)
>
> The larger package size of 9.63 is partly due to 7MB unpacked of locale
> files.
>
> I will be using 8.54 on my laptops (16-32MB RAM). Windows instead of
> Classical appearance. Browse without images.
>
>
> The battery, which used to conk out in 10 minutes, was rejuvenated by
> running it all the way down then recharging it overnight. Before that it
> would not even light up green. It ran 77 minutes in a test with hard
> drive running continuously but screen blanked, and exactly two hours of
> continuous use with screen on, hard drive accessed frequently, and
> wireless pcmcia in use more than half the time (which is supposed to
> really wipe out PDA batteries).
>
> Super duper little computer if I don't try to run newer Opera on it and am
> careful not to switch between X and console. Only drawback is heavy
> battery (but it stores much better than lithium, which loses capacity over
> time even when unused due to oxidation, and would have been completely
> dead in 10 years) and the internal power supply also adds weight.
> It only filled half the screen with text, without the framebuffer.
>
> The working battery should let us access the internet outdoors near free
> WiFi spots. Aironet 340 will work with kernel 2.2 and is also more
> sensitive.
> We also have free wireless downtown and eventually in the whole county,
> at dialup speeds. Very weak signal would not reach indoors without a $200
> antenna setup.
>
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