Alternative Browsers: Beyond Chrome and Firefox

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 2010

“Firefox too mainstream for ya? Bored with Chrome or Opera?
Linux users with a wandering eye can find plenty of browser
alternatives, from the super-useful to niche browsers that offer
moderate improvements on existing browsers like Firefox. We look at
some of the “alternative” browsers on Linux that
we’ve found interesting and useful over the years.

“Believe it or not, there are quite a few interesting and useful
Web browsers for Linux. For the purposes of this round-up,
I’ve focused on graphical browsers, though if you’re a
real stickler for the CLI, you have plenty of options there as
well. (I recommend w3m if that’s how you roll.) Let’s
take a look at the best of the rest.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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