[xubuntu-users] 9.10 - where is Dillo ?

Steve yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 17 20:13:23 UTC 2010


On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:08:18 -0000, Charlie Kravetz  
<cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:58:19 -0400
> "Lee Gold" <leegold at operamail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using 9.10. I do not see Dillo ( a light weight web browser) when I  
>> open Synaptic. Is it still available? Lynx or other text browsers will  
>> not do it, Dillo supported images but was really fast and light. Why  
>> was it omitted and how can I get a .deb for it? I do not want Epithany   
>> - I just as well would use FireFox. Dillo occupied a niche...why was  
>> that choice taken away?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> You are correct. Dillo was removed from the repositories starting with
> Ubuntu 9.10. I suspect the reason was the stalled development.
>
There is a PPA https://edge.launchpad.net/~d.filoni/+archive/dillo

-- 
Steve




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