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+=NCSA Mosaic=
+
+This is NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers.
+If you're on Ubuntu or something like it, your time machine is fueled
+up and ready to go.  Follow the instructions below to build and run.
+
+Many thanks to Sean MacLennan and Alan Wylie for doing the heavy lifting.
+
+==Building==
+
+* I was able to compile and run on Ubuntu 9.10. You'll have to install these packages first:
+
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential libmotif3 libmotif-dev libpng3 
+
+* Next, build with:
+
+    make linux
+
+* Run!
+
+    src/Mosaic
+
+==How?==
+
+I started with this: http://seanm.ca/mosaic/ and applied the patch on the page.  I pulled a bunch of getline()'s out.  Presto.