Sidux/Useable applications/Web browsers

There are many web browsers available for Linux, I'll show you a few of them.

Firefox

Created by Mozilla Foundation, can work with many Internet standards and having massive plug-ins base

making it's functionality very high.

Debian has a different name for Firefox: Iceweasel, and it's pre-installed with the system.

Menu-> Network-> Iceweasel

1. There are just a few selected add-ons for Firefox:

a. WOT - makes security browsing better.

b. Adblock Plus - blocks many pop-ups.

c. Xmarks - synchronize your tabs on all computers you work.

d. DownThemAll! - download manager very useful for large file downloading.

e. Download Helper - downloads audio/video files from many, many web sides.

2. If you want to open multimedia applets you have to install one of plug-in to choose:

a. For audio/video files:

apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer
  or
apt-get install xine-plugin
  or
apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc
  or
apt-get install totem-mozilla

b. For Java applets:

apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
  or
apt-get install icedtea6-plugin

c. For flash-player plug-in:

apt-get install flashplayer-mozilla
  or
apt-get install gnash mozilla-plugin-gnash
  or
apt-get install swfdec-mozilla
  or (for KDE)
apt-get install klash konqueror-plugin-gnash konqueror-nsplugins

Mozilla official side: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Plug-ins side : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/?from=%2Fpl%2Ffirefox%2F

About Firefox on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox

Opera

Created by Opera Software it's interesting and fast web browser having Turbo option for slow connection,

e-mail client bilt-in and Unite add-on.

Opera Unite lets you share your files straight from your computer, just make an account on Unite

and choose sharing folder. More about Unite: Sidux/Useable application/Opera Unite

Access to Unite you may lock with a password.

Download Opera from home page: http://www.opera.com/ and install it:

dpkg -i opera_version.deb

You don't need to configure plug-ins, Opera uses Firefox plug-ins.

About Opera on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_%28web_browser%29

Konqueror

It's default web browser for KDE environment but you can use it with any graphic environment too:

apt-get install konqueror

You may install plug-in package:

apt-get install konqueror-nsplugins

Konqueror home page: http://www.konqueror.org/

And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror

SeaMonkey

Mozilla's internet suite consists web browser, e-mail and news client, HTML editor and IRC client.

SeaMonkey has different name for Debian: Iceape.

apt-get install iceape 

To have access to multimedia plug-ins make symbolic lins to folder:

/usr/lib/iceape/plugins

Symbolic link making description is here: Sidux/Useable applications/Java

SeaMonkey home page: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

And Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey

Google-Chrome

Web browser created by Google Corporation can be downloaded from: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en

Installation:

dpkg -i google-chrome_version.deb

Chrome uses all Firefox plug-ins.

Add-ons are available on: http://www.mychromeaddons.com/

More about Chrome on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

Home page: http://www.google.com/chrome/

ELinks

One of text line web browsers is ELinks. In a case of graphic server failure use ELinks typing:

elinks www.page_address
  such as
elinks http://wikibooks.org

It doesn't display any graphics objects but works very well.

Home page: http://www.elinks.or.cz/

ELinks on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks

Others

Midori : http://www.twotoasts.de/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28web_browser%29

Flock : http://www.flock.com/ , Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_%28web_browser%29

Epiphany : http://projects.gnome.org/epiphany/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28web_browser%29

Galeon: http://galeon.sourceforge.net/ ,Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeon