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Yong Beng wrote:
> 
> Hi  guys...I followed excatly what the instruction told 
> me to do and installed X-windows....However...I can't 
> seem to find any web browser..

You can browse with links in X (but it is text-only).

> isssit installed when I installed x-windows??

The X installation gives you a wm and some basic X
utilities.  It does not include a graphic web browser.

> if no...how do I go about it???thanks!

For BL1 the best graphical browser is Netscape 3.04
(and the BL1 X page has instructions for installing
it).  However, with BL2, we are still investigating
the various options to determine which graphical 
browser is best.  

Slackware 7.1 has a package for Netscape 4.73 in
the /slakware/xap1 directory.  It works on BL2.

Thanks to JP, links 2.1.9 (graphical) is available:
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http://217.109.169.18/download/basiclinux
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It works on BL2.

There are several other browsers that we are looking
at, including browseX, Skipstone, dillo and konq/e.
Hopefully, within a month or two, we will decide which
is best.  Then I will provide detailed instructions on
how to install it.

If you decide to install Netscape4 or links2, please tell
us of your experiences (both good and bad).

Cheers,
Steven