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 1E95WR-0001wT-Ui for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:35:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7RIWH9M026498; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:32:17 GMT Received: from imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7RISD3O004948 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:28:14 GMT Received: from ibm71aec.bellsouth.net ([65.4.162.254]) by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050827182950.RMRQ6137.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm71aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:29:50 -0400 Received: from gandalf ([65.4.162.254]) by ibm71aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050827182950.MBZU11623.ibm71aec.bellsouth.net@gandalf> for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:29:50 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:29:49 -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: <024201c5ab2e$7f97b060$0501a8c0@croatus> Message-ID: References: <024201c5ab2e$7f97b060$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: c5e8087e-c09c-4c66-a4a1-76299f332302 X-Archives-Hash: 61e77ddca27330f6e63ec2b2e5d48277 You can unmerge them. I never had Mozilla on my system and Firefox and Thunderbird work well. If you have some valuable emails in Mozilla's mailbox be sure you can access them later. On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, John Dangler wrote: > I just found some docs on this that say "Large organizations that require an > integrated suite (past Netscape Communicator users) should consider moving > towards Mozilla 1.7. All others should consider upgrading to Firefox and > Thunderbird." > > So, I guess the question becomes, can I unmerge Mozilla and emerge Firefox > and Thunderbird? Or do they need to see Mozilla libs somewhere, since > they're offered by the same org? > > Thanks for the input. > > John D > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Dangler [mailto:jdangler@atlantic.net] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:33 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] browser,news,mail > > 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