Lightweight web browsers for Linux
Operating systems : Linux
Netsurf : Hv3 : Dillo : Links2
Nowadays the real lightweight web browsers are those without JavaScript and Flash support or with a very limited one. Because a web browser even with the lightest interface becomes heavyweight working with the modern internet crammed with scripts and multimedia. These browsers are not numerous and some of them are moving towards getting JavaScript support - i.e. towards dropping out of the "Lightweight web browsers" category.
Lightweight web browsers may be more advanced - with CSS support. Or less - no CSS support or close to that.
Netsurf - / home page /
Currently the most advanced lightweight web browser for Linux. CSS support is quite solid. Good support of HTML. Feeble support for JavaScript - may be disabled by default. There is a version of Netsurf for *nix systems that can be run without X, using framebuffer of graphic adapter. Created initially for RISC OS and only later ported to Linux. There are also versions for other *nix systems, for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, Atari OS, BeOS/Haiku, Mac OS X, MorphOS.
( More about Netsurf features )
NetSurf 3.0 on PuppyLinux 5.2.8:
netsurf-browser.org
NetSurf 3.0 on PuppyLinux 5.2.8:
w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
NetSurf 3.0 on PuppyLinux 5.2.8:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsurf
NetSurf 3.0 on PuppyLinux 5.2.8:
ebay.com
NetSurf 3.0 on PuppyLinux 5.2.8:
twitter.com
Hv3 - / home page /
Less advanced lightweight web browser for Linux, but still having considerable CSS support. Weak JavaScript / ECMAScript support. Quite good HTML support. There are versions for Linux and Windows.
Hv3 20070702:
tkhtml.tcl.tk
Hv3 20070702:
w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Hv3 20070702:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkhtml
Hv3 20070702:
ebay.com
Hv3 20070702:
twitter.com
Dillo - / home page /
Partial, improving with newer versions, CSS support. Moderately good HTML support. Fast, faster is only Links2. Various versions of Dillo work in Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other *nix systems, RISC OS, on some PDAs and SONY PlayStation2. There are ports to DOS and Windows.
Dillo 2.2.1:
dillo.org
Dillo 2.2.1:
w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Dillo 2.2.1:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillo
Dillo 2.2.1:
ebay.com
Dillo 2.2.1:
twitter.com
Links2 - / home page /
Less advanced lightweight web browser for Linux - no CSS support; before the 2.1pre28 version there was weak, sparing JavaScript support. Moderately good HTML support. The fastest among the discussed - possibly the fastest of all web browsers with graphical user interface. It can be run without X, using SVGALib or framebuffer of graphic adapter. There are versions for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, other *nix systems, OS/2, AtheOS, BeOS, Windows (Cygwin).
( More about Links2 features )
Links2 2.1pre21:
links.twibright.com
Links2 2.1pre21:
w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Links2 2.1pre21:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser)
Links2 2.1pre21:
ebay.com
Links2 2.1pre21:
twitter.com
Besides the aforementioned ones, there is one more lightweight web browser - Mosaic-CK. But its Linux version is experimental and requires to have additional software installed, which may prove to be troublesome or impossible in some distributions.
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Jump to: ELinks - Text-based or console web browser. Description: features, screenshots, download links. ELinks. Configuration - How to configure ELinks. Once started, ELinks allows a user to do almost all it is capable of by means of its menu. So it is only how to start ELinks and how to do several other things as an example that is explained here. 1 ) Starting ELinks - ELinks may be run under a GUI environment (X Windows, MS Windows, etc) or some command-line interface. In the first case a terminal emulator / console must be opened before ELinks is to be started: xterm, rxvt, Win32 console and others: ELinks ( Linux ) - To start ELinks, enter command: elinks - To start ELinks opening a web document from Internet: elinks Web address of a web document - To start ELinks accessing hard disk to browse local folders: elinks file:/// or: elinks / - To start ELinks opening a local folder: elinks file:///home/user1/ or: elinks /home/user1/ - To start ELinks opening a local file: elinks file:///home/user1/document1.htm or: elinks /home/user1/document1.htm ELinks ( Windows ) - To start ELinks, enter command: elinks - To start ELinks opening a web document from Internet: elinks Web address of a web document - To start ELinks accessing hard disk to browse local folders: elinks file:/// - To start ELinks opening a local folder: elinks file://c/home/user1/ - To start ELinks opening a local file: elinks file://c/home/user1/document1.htm 2 ) To access the menu of ELinks: Press Esc on keyboard 3 ) Opening a web document in ELinks already running: Press g on keyboard or Esc --> File --> Go to URL --> [ Enter a web address ] --> Enter 4 ) Going back: Left arrow of Arrow keys on keyboard or Esc --> File --> Go back 5 ) Opening a link in a new tab in background: Shift - t or Esc --> Link --> Open in new tab in background 6 ) Going to the next tab: Shift - > or Esc --> View --> Next tab 7 ) Closing a tab: Press c on keyboard or Esc --> View --> Close tab 8 ) Passing a URI to an external application when running ELinks in a terminal emulator. There are many applications it is possible to pass a URI to, here it is about passing a URI to clipboard.