Author: john lewis Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian Lenny 5. Gnome Live CD.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:28:12 +0100
Phillip Chandler <phillip.chandler@???> wrote:
> So my lame question is - If I was to uninstall iceweasel, go into
> nautilus, show hidden folders and delete everything relating to
> iceweasel / mozilla etc, download firefox 2.0.0.16, untar into my
> home directory, install libstc++5, create a launcher to the firefox
> executable, then would this work ?
>
> Your probably asking why Im after using firefox 2.x. Just preference
> really. Im just so into my own little annoying habits of how I want
> to do things, and Im not yet ready to switch over to a browser that
> does stuff via a database, and has a horrible drop down menu on the
> link box.
iceweasel is firefox without the proprietary logos because they
conflict with Debian rules. I happily use iceweasel and I see no
database in my system (sid on this system and lenny on my laptop)
--
John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop