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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Win95/IE vs BL3/Links2 on an old 486 w/ 8MB RAM
  • Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:40:41 +1300

Justin Gombos wrote:
>
> If I fatten the X server, it will hinder the graphical
> browsers even more.

Not necessarily. A (bigger) Xserver that is optimized
for your video card sometimes runs faster than Xvesa.

> It just seems there is no practical way to browse graphically
> with 8MB of RAM.

Don't give up yet. We haven't exhausted all the options.

> Text browsers aren't practical for any kind of general purpose
> web browsing because so many sites are not designed for them.

I use links sometimes for general browsing and it's not
too bad. It's much better than lynx.

Cheers,
Steven




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