Subject: Re: Packages to have.....
To: Iggy Drougge <optimus@canit.se>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/25/2001 22:35:19
On 25 Dec 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:

> Mark Benson skrev:
>
> >I have just started out with NetBSD 1.5 and want to know what the
> >generally accepted base installation is. I have an ABSOLUTELY raw
> >system installation using only the 7 or so packages listed in
> >Matthew Theobald's install guide, plus BASh, TCSh (cause I use it
> >in OS X), and the required libraries for BASh (libtool-
> >base.1.4.2... and gettext). A list of 'nice to have packages' would
> >be good, but go Easy I only have about 200MB left.
>
> I can't see any packages listed in his guide, only two alien programs (nano
> and screen). I suppose you mean the installation sets.
> Well, you'll need a good editor, so install pico or nano (haven't tried nano,
> but if it's a pico clone, I suppose it's good). And a good mailer, so install
> Pine, which includes pico. That takes care of the editor problem. Lynx is a
> bit on the heavy side, but could be quite useful, not in the last until you
> get X up and running (which hasn't been difficult on mac68k in my experience).
> I can't really find anything genuinely useful on my main BSD machine
> otherwise.
>
> For a browser, I run Mosaic, which, in a word, is awful. Is there anything
> better which would run on mac68k?

	dillo for gui, and links for text (makes lynx look definitely
	dated :)

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