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James Miller wrote:
>
> I believe a few people (Sindi, Steven?) have upgraded their 
> BL 3 libraries by installing libraries from Slackware 8.1

The libraries from Slackware 9.0 are the best for BL3.
Full instructions are at the Bl3 site.

> The upshot of all this is that you likely would not be able 
> to run the latest Opera under BL3. 

That is correct.

> Almost certainly you'd have to download an older version 
> of Opera, and even then you'd likely need to upgrade your 
> libraries before it would run. 

Opera 8 works with the libraries from Slackware 9.0

> Sindi and/or Steven should be able to provide more detail 
> on how to do this and which version of Opera to choose.

Instructions for installing Opera 8 are at the BL3 site.

> Newer versions of Opera require a bit of processing and 
> memory umph.  I'd say nothing less than about a P2 with 
> 64 MB of RAM would be required. 

I don't think a P2 is necessary.  A 166-MMX with 32mb RAM 
(and 64mb swap) is probably sufficient.  It won't be lightning
fast, but it should be useable.

Cheers,
Steven