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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/firefox-1.5.0.12.en-US.linux-i686-gtk1.tar.gz
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/gecko-sdk-1.5.0.12-gtk1.tar.gz
> (do you need gecko too?).

No, the firefox file is what you want.  I think 
the gecko file is some sort of development tool.  
Or perhaps it is needed to convert the Firefox
file to Japanese?  

> I see Firefox 2.00 for ARM with gkt1 - can an i686 
> minimal gtk1 version be compiled 

Firefox 2 also has a gtk1 configuration option in 
the sourcecode, but the official precompiled binaries
for Linux are all gtk2.  I did find a site that has
precompiled Linux gtk1 binaries for Firefox 2, but
Firefox 2 is much slower than Firefox 1.

Firefox 3 is significantly faster than Firefox 2, 
but the gtk1 option is no longer available in the
Firefox 3 sourecode.

So, IMHO, the best Firefox for old PCs is 1.5.0.12.

> can an i686 minimal gtk1 version be compiled (maybe 
> with the less common libraries static

I actually downloaded the Firefox sourcecode and tried 
to compile a minimalistic version of firefox, but it
gave me all sorts of trouble.  I concluded that the
only way it would work is with a newer compiler and
a newer glibc.  And I simply haven't got the room.
Once I unpacked the Firefox sourcecode (which is huge)
I only had 100mb left on my HD.  Adding a bulky new
glibc development package would have probably tipped 
me over the edge.  I simply don't have the space (or
the grunt) to compile fancy applications like Firefox.

Cheers,
Steven