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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> Mozilla says linux Firefox 2 needs gtk+2 and 
> libstdc++ 5 

That's for the official precompiled binary.  There
are non-official binaries with different dependencies.

> I found a firefox-1.5.tar.gz 8MB at fileshack.com.  

Could be a Windows version (no linux in filename)?
If it is a Linux version, most likely gtk2.

There is an early gtk1 Firefox available for download
at some sites -- version 1.5.0.1 or 1.5.0.3 or something 
like that.  Keep in mind that Firefox 1.5 had a long run
-- there were a lot of improvements and bug fixes between 
1.5.0.3 and 1.5.0.12.  It is definitely worthwhile using
1.5.0.12, rather than an early 1.5 or early 2.0 (which
actually predated 1.5.0.12).

Cheers,
Steven