I used to build the Mozilla Suite (Gecko v1.7.x) with ICC/Linux, so it's likely that Firefox is also possible. It doesn't work out-of-the-box, though, because the Mozilla config programs only recognizes a few specific compilers.
The default floating-point optimization breaks the code in prstoa.c and jsdtoa.c, but that's fixable with a compiler switch. Beyond that it's a no-brainer to patch the config files to use call ICC instead of GCC.
It doesn't. Tested just now on Win2K/SP4, each browser opened to (default) blank page:
Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 = 15,800KB
Firefox v1.0 = 15,600KB
These are default installation, without any extensions or add-ons. Mozilla was installed with browser-only option. Process sizes gotten from Windows' Task Manager.
I've purchased (as in paid for) nearly every version of Red Hat Linux since v5.2. I've been happy to part with my money, considering it the price of continuing post-installation fixes and updates.
That said, I don't think I can continue using RHL as my desktop distro. I like the KDE interface. I don't want to use a kinda-sorta merging of 2 different graphical environments.
Besides voting with my dollars, I want to let Red Hat know the reason I won't be coughing up the bucks for RHL v8.0+. Who do I contact to let them know that this customer thinks they're making a big mistake?
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I used to build the Mozilla Suite (Gecko v1.7.x) with ICC/Linux, so it's likely that Firefox is also possible. It doesn't work out-of-the-box, though, because the Mozilla config programs only recognizes a few specific compilers.
The default floating-point optimization breaks the code in prstoa.c and jsdtoa.c, but that's fixable with a compiler switch. Beyond that it's a no-brainer to patch the config files to use call ICC instead of GCC.
Nobody objects that her card isn't signed and almost nobody asks to see her ID.
Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 = 15,800KB
Firefox v1.0 = 15,600KB
These are default installation, without any extensions or add-ons. Mozilla was installed with browser-only option. Process sizes gotten from Windows' Task Manager.
...at Rice university have way too much free time.
That said, I don't think I can continue using RHL as my desktop distro. I like the KDE interface. I don't want to use a kinda-sorta merging of 2 different graphical environments. Besides voting with my dollars, I want to let Red Hat know the reason I won't be coughing up the bucks for RHL v8.0+. Who do I contact to let them know that this customer thinks they're making a big mistake?