From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E94qX-0005gd-Dj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:52:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7RHmDnF025275; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:48:13 GMT Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.64]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7RHdxHr017261 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:39:59 GMT Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([65.4.162.254]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050827174134.SKGP25946.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:41:34 -0400 Received: from gandalf ([65.4.162.254]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050827174134.MOXS24572.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@gandalf> for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:41:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:41:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brett I. Holcomb" X-X-Sender: brett@gandalf To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] browser,news,mail In-Reply-To: <023e01c5ab2d$6492afa0$0501a8c0@croatus> Message-ID: References: <023e01c5ab2d$6492afa0$0501a8c0@croatus> X-Message-Flag: Worried about bugs & viruses? Switch to Mac/Unix/PC Pine! Info @ www.ii.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 17ee7573-b275-451f-b999-5c43e36d43e9 X-Archives-Hash: 0fce33a8a71d02ede01c6b19b5705a91 To me it depends on what you want/need/like. I don't like Mozilla because it has everything in one package. I like to be able to use Firefox as the browser and other programs for news and mail. On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, John Dangler wrote: > I've just completed setting up x server and gnome (why gnome - I'm a relic > of *nix and Motif and gnome sort of reminds me of the older look and feel). > gnome installs mozilla by default, which has browsing, news, and mail. How > does this stack up against Firefox? I've seen a lot of press about using > one or the other, but I'm trying to get a feel for why. Is one better > suited to Gentoo than the other? > (This particular box is used primarily for business apps and remote > webserver/site tweaking when needed). > > Thanks for the input. > > John D > > > > > -- Brett I. Holcomb brettholcomb@R777bellsouth.net Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list