[GLLUG] uzbl

[STeve Andre']

On 12/13/11 14:29, Clay Dowling wrote:
> On 12/13/11 2:25 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>> Has anyone tried the uzbl web browser?  (See http://www.uzbl.org/ for
>> more info.)  If so, how well did you like it?  What problems, if any,
>> did you find?  Thanks for any information.
>>
>> I'm on the hunt for a new, lightweight web browser.  My old stand-by,
>> Midori, now bogs down on my old laptops.  I could add RAM, but I'm
>> disinclined to add a component that costs more than the laptop itself
>> would now.
> Chick, I think some of the laptops you have are nearly old enough to get
> a driver's license, and I swear I've seen one old enough to drink at the
> room party.  Maybe a hardware update is in order?  I picked up a new
> ASUS eee PC for $250.  It can do cool things like run modern web
> browsers and office applications.  Not that I don't do my word
> processing in vi myself, just sayin' that you're probably investing more
> energy in keeping these dinosaurs running than a new smaller machine
> would cost.
>
> Clay
>
Yeah, +1

I'll point out that used ThinkPads are always available in the flood of
used hardware on Ebay.  I got my daughter a  T42, which was a 1.6GHz
Pentium M, 1G ram, 80G disk for $149.  The extra kicker was that the
battery was in good shape!

So by vulturizing on Ebay you can find stuff at good prices...

--STeve Andre'