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authorPav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-19 20:34:19 +0000
committerPav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-19 20:34:19 +0000
commit00bb2abdd786eb72018a53d488077a233db935a3 (patch)
treebd7873f94696e056ac5e8b4b828eee3ba085e4d2
parent0e8819e800a67f5bf479e7b8e3c13c30cf96aab1 (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml59
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
index 28c4967eb6..1f063bb529 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Browsers (such as <application>Mozilla</application>,
- <application>&netscape;</application>,
<application>Opera</application>,
<application>Firefox</application>,
<application>Konqueror</application>)</para>
@@ -147,13 +146,6 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry><application>&netscape;</application></entry>
- <entry>heavy</entry>
- <entry>light</entry>
- <entry>Linux Binary Compatibility</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
<entry><application>Opera</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
@@ -324,34 +316,6 @@
</sect2>
<sect2>
- <title>&netscape;</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary><application>Netscape</application></primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>The Ports Collection contains several versions of the
- &netscape; browser. Since the native FreeBSD ones contain a
- serious security bug, installing them is strongly
- discouraged. Instead, use a more recent Linux or DIGITAL UNIX
- version.</para>
-
- <para>The latest stable release of the &netscape; browser is
- <application>&netscape; 7</application>. It can be installed
- from the Ports Collection:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/netscape7</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
-
- <caution>
- <para><application>&netscape; 4.x</application> versions are not
- recommended because they are not compliant with today's
- standards. However, <application>&netscape; 7.x</application>
- and newer versions are only available for the &i386;
- platform.</para>
- </caution>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2>
<title>Opera</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Opera</application></primary>
@@ -886,17 +850,14 @@
for Linux. As FreeBSD can run Linux binaries, it is also
available for FreeBSD.</para>
- <para>To install the <application>&acrobat.reader; 5</application>
- package, do:</para>
+ <para>To install <application>&acrobat.reader; 7</application> from
+ the Ports collection, do:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r acroread</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/print/acroread7</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
- <para>As usual, if the package is not available or you want the
- latest version, you can use the Ports Collection as
- well:</para>
+ <para>A package is not available due to licencing restrictions.</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/print/acroread5</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -927,7 +888,7 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gv</userinput></screen>
- <para>If you cannot get the package, you can use the ports
+ <para>If you cannot get the package, you can use the Ports
collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/print/gv</userinput>
@@ -1181,12 +1142,6 @@
</row>
<row>
- <entry><application>&netscape;</application></entry>
- <entry><literal>linux-netscape7</literal></entry>
- <entry><filename role="package">www/netscape7</filename></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
<entry><application>Opera</application></entry>
<entry><literal>opera</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">www/opera</filename></entry>
@@ -1225,7 +1180,7 @@
<row>
<entry><application>&acrobat.reader;</application></entry>
<entry><literal>acroread</literal></entry>
- <entry><filename role="package">print/acroread5</filename></entry>
+ <entry><filename role="package">print/acroread7</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>