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James Miller wrote:
> 
> about the Delilinux packages I found on an ftp server
> that seemed like they should be compatible with BL2.  
> 
> I installed some packages (.tgz files) on my BL2 machine 
> last night 

Did you use installpkg?  Does it work?

> Dillo runs great on my BL2 test machine (486 DX2 66, 
> 20MB [30 pin simm] RAM) - by far the best performance 
> of any of the graphical browsers I've tried there.

Same here.  dillo is the fastest graphical browser 
on my 486.

> Problem is, it doesn't do certain things other 
> browsers do 

Yeah, it is very limited in what it can do.  Pity.
I'm hoping that a big upgrade is in the pipeline,
but I'm not holding my breath.

> There's also a lightweight mail client (masqmail) 
> there that looks interesting.  I tried installing 
> it, but got a dependency problem.

What was the dependency?  

> Anyway, it's looking like the Delilinux ftp server 
> could be a great source of additional packages/binaries 
> for BL2 users.  

As long as the dependency problems are easily resolved.

> Have you looked at it,

Yes, I did.  Many of the applications are also available 
from Slackware (eg. in the contrib directory), but Deli 
could be a useful source for some stuff.

Cheers,
Steven