Gnome installing Mozilla by default

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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 07:04:47 -0400
Aaron Walker <ka0ttic at butsugenjitemple.org> wrote:

> Roop Nanuwa wrote:
> 
> > I'll join in on the praise for Opera. It really is the best web browser
> > that's extremely light but still has all the "modern day" features
> > one would expect from a web browser and then some. I will warn you
> > about a couple of things, though.
> > 
> > 1] The native FreeBSD version is not going to run Flash. I've pulled
> > out many, many hairs about this but have never gotten the two to
> > work together. If you want to view Flash, then install the linux-opera
> > port.
> > 2] You'll be spoiled after using Opera for any length of time. I've
> > been using Opera for a long time and I simply can't tolerate any other
> > browsers. The feature set it provides is so expansive that other
> > browsers will seem utterly gutted in comparison. Ever use vi for a
> > while and then notice that random ':w' or ':wq' start appearing in
> > places where they shouldn't because you've gotten so used to the
> > commands? Same idea here. 3] The default interface is not for everyone.
> > Just realize that the interface is highly configurable so don't let it
> > turn you off if it's not to your liking.
> > 
> > --roop
> 
> Just curious, but which version of flash are you using with Opera?  I 
> did a search of the ports tree and found quite a few flash ports and was 
> confused on which one to install.
> 

um, this one...

~> pkg_info | grep -i flash

linux-flashplugin-7.0r25 The official Macromedia Flash Player for Linux
Mozilla and

hth,
epi


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