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Re: Midrange Web Browser? (between Firefox and Dillo)
by Sean Crago 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Have you tried simpler Gecko engine based browsers? The fact that they use it on the Nokia Internet Tablets (considerably weaker than your laptop, I'd imagine) implies that you might have more luck trying something like Epiphany. Not sure if that particular project is terribly succesful, but it's a starting point. Opera, though not free, also warrants a try for the same reason. It tends to perform quite well on older and embedded platforms. That said, the first thing I'd try is installing FlashBlock and ad blocking plugins on your existing Firefox install. That generally does the trick for me, on these older machines. It's not the browser but the poorly designed/over-designed flash ads that tend to cause the vast majority of the problem. Of course, there's always Lynx if the above doesn't work. Sean Crago Kathmandu, Nepal

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by Chris Bier 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

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Re: Midrange Web Browser? (between Firefox and Dillo)
by Leo Mauler 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Brendan G <moldybeats(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't tried it, but there's a browser out > there called Midori: > http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html > > It's associated with Xfce, who always has their eyes > on lightweight software. I suspect it's probably > nearer to Firefox than Dillo just because it supports > JavaScript, etc., but it might be worth a try. Their website lists the most current version of Midori as 0.0.18. I realize that Linux software, and GPLed software in general, frequently works nicely well before a major version number, but software which doesn't even have a minor version number yet can't possibly be reliable enough for regular use. The Midori site also implies that WebKit is currently rather buggy (a "please don't blame Midori programmers for all the bugs" plea if I ever heard one), a comment on the other "WebKit" messages here which state that tablet-based browsers are moving away from Gecko and towards WebKit, in some cases having been on WebKit for months. Is WebKit a good choice or just an ideological choice?

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Ikea cabinet Linux cluster
by Oren Beck 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

http://obscuredclarity.blogspot.com/2008/09/24-core-linux-cluster-in-2999-c… -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Midrange Web Browser? (between Firefox and Dillo)
by Leo Mauler 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

On the desktop PCs the slight bloat of Firefox doesn't cause a problem, while giving me lots of fun Firefox features. However, my much older laptop with its limited RAM (192MB) isn't as much fun with Firefox. Dillo is already on DamnSmallLinux and does display webpages, but I was wondering if there was a web browser, on the "free software" rack, with slightly more functionality than Dillo but still not as big as Firefox.

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04 Oct '08

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Reiser FS or ext3?
by gary hildebrand 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

I have a couple older distros of SuSE -- 6.4 & 7.2 and was wondering if there is an easy way to do it with a journaling FS? Whenever I'd get a hit/crash in ext2, it would sorta eat itself up, and then over a period of time, become unuseable. 6.4 has a wide variety of packages no longer available on the new distros, and I'd like to have a drive set up so I can boot it when wanted. Gary HIldebrand St. Joseph, MO

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Re: Shredder?
by Sean Crago 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Leo wrote: >I sense a new project for NASA: launching an annual rocket which contains instruments for learning more about our Sun, and a load of >old hard drives with sensitive data on them. >Its destination? Isn't it obvious? ;-) The residents of the Yucca Mountain area might wish they'd take a more Superman IV-inspired approach to their cargo selection. I'd say grinding a hard drive into a fine powder is probably enough to prevent it from doing any damage upon disposal. That said, you might also aim it at Europa and see if life erupts, given the new (albeit highly localized) heat source at the rocket's impact site. Is this topic [OT] yet? -Sean

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WRT54GL
by Gene Dascher 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

I am getting a Linksys WRT54GL today as my old WRK54G seems to be giving up the ghost. Has anyone on the list had any experience with running any of the non-Linksys firmware on this Router (DD-WRT, OpenWRT, Tomato, etc.) that they would care to share? Thanks, Gene

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Shredder?
by Sean Crago 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

>I can't figure out why the government just doesn't remove the hard drives >and send them to a shredder. Even a private individual can achieve roughly >the same level of security with a drill and a 1/2" drill bit. With the price >of drives being what they are now it can't impact very much the resale value >of the computer to sell it without a drive installed. Shredders don't like metal, but there are things that'll make quick work of a drive: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062706-guard-dog.html The Air Force seemed to think a 1-2 punch was in order, according to Cryptome: "2.5. Destruction. It is a good practice to sanitize media before submitting it for destruction. Media may generally be destroyed by one of the following methods (see Table 2.1). (*NOTE*: Although approved methods, options d and e use acid, which is dangerous and excessive, to remove recording surfaces. Options a, b, and c are recommended over d and e.) " http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/afssi5020.htm -Sean

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