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Wayne Gowcher wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>Does anyone know if Netscape or any other browser has
>been compiled to run on linux mipsel ? All I can find
>so far are "x86" source for netscape.
>
>If it has, care to tell me the links where I may get
>it ?
>
>Alternatively, if no one knows of anyone having a
>working linux mipsel Netscape binary / rpm. Anyone
>care to guess the scope of attempting to modify the
>x86 or mips-sgi-irix sources to run on mips ?
>
We're pretty close on having both, be and le mips binaries.  You'll need 
a graphics card which has frame buffer driver support so that X can run 
on top of the FBdev driver.  Check with me again "later".

Pete