[xubuntu-users] possibility to replace firefox with lightweight browsers (such as webkit and kazahakase) at hardy+1

[Cody A.W. Somerville]

It should be noted that the next version of Xubuntu includes Firefox 3 which
is suppose to be faster and lighter.

Cheers,

Cody

On Feb 16, 2008 9:56 AM, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:

>
> On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 10:19 +0000, Vincent wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 16/02/2008, Mark Farnell <mark.farnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Currently Xubuntu is becoming more and more bulky and less
> >         suitable
> >         for old machines, thus defeating the original purpose of
> >         Xubuntu.  One
> >         of the contributor for the bulkiness (and slow running) is
> >         firefox.
> >         Would it be likely for firefox to be replaced by something
> >         lighter
> >         such as  kazahakase?  Kazahakase is already used as the
> >         default
> >         browser in fluxbuntu and it is more stable than other
> >         lightweight
> >         browsers such as midori (webkit based).  In fact I am writing
> >         this
> >         email using kazahakase installed on my Xubuntu laptop.
> >
> >         What do you think?
> >
> > I could not find a homepage of Kazahakase, but I very much appreciate
> > Epiphany and if it would change to WebKit it's a very liable option
> > IMHO.
> >
> >
> >         Mark
> >
> > Best,
> > --
> > Vincent
>
> I can't tell where Kazahakase is in development at this point, but here
> is the home page:
> http://kazehakase.sourceforge.jp/
>
> It is in english, although a little difficult to navigate. According to
> the Fluxbuntu FAQ, "The version of Kazehakase included in Fluxbuntu uses
> the Gecko engine, the same engine powering Firefox." It can not use
> firefox plugins and addons, though.
>
> good luck,
>
> --
> Charlie Kravetz
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