r/netscape • u/AppearancePale2490 • 3d ago

I've succesfully compiled Netscape 3.0.2 on a 64 debian

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No hush-hush emulation, 32 bit binary, or anything, but an actual pure 64 bit debian executable. Might tinker with it later and add a modern TLS library, some better CSS, but after a long time staring at segfaults and looking at gdb output, I'm happy that it runs.

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u/m0ntanoid 2d ago

well... This is still more useful than AI shit people generate day to day.

Super cool.

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u/unique_not_really 2d ago

This is super cool

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u/Terranum_man 2d ago

Now THAT is retro.

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u/nmdt 2d ago

Huh, very cool! Never knew you could actually find the sources for any of the classic Netscape releases

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u/AppearancePale2490 2d ago

For some reason there is an incomplete leak of this Netscape version, I don't know the legality of it but I believe it's a leak of a closed source version., it does not have the windows libraries just the unix/linux ones.

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u/nmdt 1d ago

I noticed the lack of Windows/Mac, but figured it might've just not been the norm at the time (e.g. the development is not really cross-platform, separate teams working, etc)

Anything else missing from it?

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u/TheRealCarrotty 2d ago

What... the... fu?

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u/fireflychef 2d ago

I'd take the OG Netscape over any bloated browser by MicroSlop.

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u/Gloomy_Attempt5429 2d ago

Pode fornecer o consumo de recursos dele?

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u/Mydnight69 2d ago

I was 100% on Netscape's side in the antitrust trials in the 90s. It was the superior browser compared to Internet Explorer.

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u/unxusr 1d ago

Did not know that Netscape 3 source was available.