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Linuxcare: Dear Lina: Browsing For Options

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 11, 2000

[ Thanks to Zack
Brown
for this link. ]

“Dear Lina,
I’m not much of a Netscape fan, and I know that Internet Explorer
isn’t available for Linux. Is there an alternative web browser
available that offers the same features as Netscape and IE?

While using a “name brand” application isn’t important to me, I do
care about features and performance but would prefer to stay
neutral in terms of the Netscape/IE debates….”

“Dear Lina,
I’m a big fan of Linux and I’ve installed it for many people at
this point. One thing still bothers me: I boot from a CDROM to do
an installation, but it always asks where I’m going to install
from. Can’t it see that I came from the CD?!…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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