Re: [LUG] Public Web Browser

[Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:28:46AM +0000, andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an old Pentium 90 which I would like to use as public web browser.
> I've been through the relavent mini-howto, and failed miserably
> (I don't quite understand Linux as well as I'd like to).
> 
> Could I have opinions on: -
> 
>   If the Pentium 90 is up to the job
>   (and if not, if there is a computer shop around Newquay, Truro, Falmouth,
>   similar to 'the computer shop' in Plymouth,
>   where I could pick up a higher spec PC for under ?100)
> 
>   What is a good (low resource) window manager
> 
>   What is a good (low resource) browser
>   (that windows users will find familliar)

Since you only want to run one app a window manager
is kind of excessive. Mozilla supports something
called "kiosk mode", which takes up the entire
screen.

Also Opera might be worth looking at.


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