Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3139 mails)

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On Wednesday 25 October 2006 07:14, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 06/10/24 22:51 (GMT-0800) John Andersen apparently typed:
> > On Tuesday 24 October 2006 22:44, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >> >> You know, it's dead simple to "install" v2.0--or
> >
> > After seeing your 36 paragraph description I have come to
> > the conclusion that you and I work from fundamentally different
> > definitions of "dead simple".
>
> The detail he went into and the inclusion of the mc tutuorial did make it
> look rather vexing.
>
> Here's a condensed version that will give you a usable FF:
>
> 1-backup ~/.mozilla
> 2-download the mozilla.org tar.gz archive
> 3-extract the archive to your choice of location
> 4-run <installation-location>/firefox
>
> That's all it takes. Everything else adds convenience and/or explains in
> detail how to go about adding those conveniences, like creating a menu
> entry or desktop shortcut.
>
> I suggest doing the following instead:
>
> 1-backup ~/.mozilla
> 2-download the mozilla.org tar.gz archive
> 3-extract the archive to your choice of location (mine is /usr/local/)
> 4-run <installation-location>/firefox -profilemanager (to create an
> additional profile to be used instead of the default profile)
> 5-create new menu and/or desktop shortcut entries by copying the existing
> firefox entry(s) and editing appropriately using '-P profilename' as a
> startup parameter.
> 6-run it
>
> Using mc to do it all just makes it quick and easy, for it treats an
> archive as if it were an ordinary directory or loop mounted iso file. I can
> download a nightly build on my fast cable connection and extract it all in
> about 60 seconds or less with mc. The wget is always in recent command
> history from the last fetch.
>
> Menu entries and desktop shortcuts can also be created and modified with
> mc's easy to use internal editor.
>
> People who never use mc do a lot of things the harder way.
> --
> "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him,
> and I am helped."				Psalm 28:7 NIV
>
>  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
>
> Felix Miata  ***  http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/

I thought that simply using the left and right click features of konqueror 
could do *all* these things graphically in a scaringly windoze-like manner!!!

but what i really want to know about 2.0 is if it can do 64 bit plugins..

d.