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Re: a suggestion

 

I defectively agree, chrome is a good choice, in condition that it's
operational by the time of 10.4
for the case it's not - I'd like to have your opinion regarding arora, I
really find it mean and lean.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2009/11/15 mehageg <mehageg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> as lubuntu is a fast-lightweight version of ubuntu, maybe it's time to
>> consider using arora <http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/arora> instead
>> of firefox as the main web-browser.
>> from my personal experience, arora fits very well as my main browser, it
>> supports the main state-of-the art technologies (javascript+ajax, flash,
>> java applets etc), has the main features you find in firefox (ad-block,
>> live-http, privacy mode, tabbed surfing, smart bar).
>>
>> in the bottom line, it's just as great as firefox, just much faster and
>> slimmer. matches perfectly the lubuntu/lxde way, as I see it.
>>
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> Why not consider google-chrome? I know it's 'beta' status, but as I've been
> using it for a long time - since version in which plugins are defaultly on
> it's perfectly stable, and it's really lightweight and fast :) AND it's
> becoming quite popular, so I think it'd be better for lubuntu to have a
> popular browser that many people are familiar with, rather than having some
> exotic one that very little number of people use....
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