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hellknight
hellknight Original post #1
Nov 9, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Hey guys.. this section of the forum is dead (due to Praka's ban).. so lets make it happening again..

As you know that there are many browsers on Linux front.. but suddenly a new wave of attack from the Webkit department is on Gecko since last couple of months... Browsers like Midori, Chromium, Arora even Reknoq are generating a lot of action.. But the most important (and shocking) news was of Epiphany's switching royalties in favour of Webkit :O

I downloaded and installed Epiphany on Ubuntu 9.10.. I'd never used this app before.. but believe me.. its lightening fast.. infact, i've been using it since last 1 week or something.. i've even ditched my beloved Opera for this.. try it guys.. and see the result.. Don't forget to post your experience..

A word of caution though.. it is NOT in Fedora 11's repositories.. so you may wanna try Midori instead..
puneetgarg
Nov 9, 2009 at 11:46 PM
:( im completely noob to linux i dont even know how to set up an internet connection in linux thats why i left it...
krishnandu.sarkar
Nov 9, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I'm currently using chromium and its really fast and light-weight

Opera for downloading. As its integrated download manager is gr8....!!

On my PC FF crawls (both Win and Lin) :-( Dunno y....!!
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@puneetgarg

You shudn't hav left it.

get ur hands on with Ubuntu/Open Suse

They r easy to use....!! Just like windows.
Krow
Krow #4
Nov 10, 2009 at 12:31 AM
:( im completely noob to linux i dont even know how to set up an internet connection in linux thats why i left it...
press alt + F2 in ubuntu and then type sudo pppoeconf
Check the run in terminal option. then follow all the onscreen instructions. Its just a simple next next yes yes thing.

Worked for me at least.
puneetgarg
Nov 10, 2009 at 12:37 AM
yeah bro tried a couple of times but its too brain churning
so kinda left it...but surely will try out sometimes again
6x6
6x6 #6
Nov 10, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Epiphany is good but we are addicted to firefox's extensions.

i use Firefox and opera only
amitabhishek
Nov 11, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Google's Chrome rocks on Ubuntu. Its light and fast. Shiretoko (FF 3.5) crawls like snail. I have removed most of the plugins but it is still as slow as Mumbai traffic. Opera is good too!

Haven't tried Midori and others as such I have FF 3.0, FF 3.5, Chromium, Chrome, Opera & a Windows version of Chrome:razz:.
Liverpool_fan
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Chromium(yes NOT Chrome) and Opera FTW! For those who find Firefox, slow I suggest Swiftweasel, it's quite fast.
Cool G5
Cool G5 #9
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Haven't tried anything apart from Firefox & Opera. Will try midori.
BTW which browser do you guys suggest for a system have 432MB DDR RAM?
Liverpool_fan
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:18 PM
^ ^ ^ Opera. It runs beautifully on older machines IMHO.
Cool G5
Cool G5 #11
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Firefox crawls when I open those FB games. Haven't tried Opera on FB games. Will look into it?

How is the RAM consumption of Midori & Chromium?
Rahim
Rahim #12
Nov 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM
I have tried Midori and Epiphany on Arch Linux and was quite impressed with their spped and clean interface. But they are still light-weight and lack features. The extensions are poor and most of the regular sites didn't worked with them nor middle-click scroll.

The developers should add essential features.
After using Opera and pampered by its features and innovations, using these browsers seems like a cage.
hellknight
Nov 11, 2009 at 6:59 PM
For a low RAM system, Webkit based browsers like Midori and Epiphany will work like a charm.. Opera is awesome.. only the Javascript engine is a little bit slow as compared to other browsers...
Faun
Faun #14
Nov 24, 2009 at 12:07 AM
I tried midori and various other lighweight browers but IMO they are too bland to use. No exciting features like addons in firefox.

For slow connection I prefer Opera but for fast connection Firefox loaded with addons is my choice. Oh this version of firefox is Shiretoko.