Linux browser and newsreader recommendations?
03 April 2003, 05:31 PM
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Can anyone recommend a browser/newsreader for Linux, or is Mozilla the best there is?
03 April 2003, 05:57 PM
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I prefer Opera, much faster to use than Mozilla and I really like its features such as page zoom, mouse gestures, etc. For reading Usenet I use tin which is a terminal based client, you might not like that though.
03 April 2003, 06:44 PM
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Hm! just trying opera, fonts look cack and tiny, at 100% zoom.
03 April 2003, 09:17 PM
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Change it in the preferences. Perhaps your resolution is just too darn high
04 April 2003, 07:30 AM
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resolution is only 1024x768, I'll try playing with preferences later.........
04 April 2003, 08:38 AM
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this is what it looks like, any idea why it's so cack?
[Edited by gregh - 4/4/2003 9:39:46 AM]
[Edited by gregh - 4/4/2003 9:48:34 AM]
04 April 2003, 09:02 AM
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Well, the tables not seeming to line up is dodgy HTML, probably only tested on IE as 99% of sites are these days, the font sizes you can just change.
04 April 2003, 09:08 AM
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I see from the top right corner that it can impersonate a different browser? This maybe why it has issues?
04 April 2003, 09:20 AM
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No, that just changes HTTP_USERAGENT for those lame sites that attempt to detect your browser and serve content according to that.
04 April 2003, 11:15 AM
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how do I change the font and font sizes? Is there anything like truetype fonts for Linux?
04 April 2003, 12:09 PM
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04 April 2003, 02:56 PM
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The only fonts I can see under Opera preferences are
04 April 2003, 03:05 PM
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When I go to preferences I see a "Document" subheading and I can change it all in there, it's not under the "General" section.
04 April 2003, 03:14 PM
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aha! cheers steve!
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install the microsoft fonts on your linux box. You can then pick these up in the browser.
http://corefonts.sourceforge.net
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