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Firefox alternatives for Unix-like OS
We're veering off-topic in the Firefox 38 in multiple permutations thread, so I thought I'd start this one.
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Very recently I played a bit with QupZilla. I found it to be stable under Linux, and although it has its quirks, intriguing for my use anyway. But what about BSD? There is a FreeBSD port -- haven't tried it. I compiled it under NetBSD 6.1.5_PATCH i386. The compile went nicely, but it segfaults like a drunken sailor. I don't know about OpenBSD, there appears to be no port of it. So it may have some potential, at least as a mid-range browser, but needs work yet. Last edited by IdOp; 13th May 2015 at 10:40 PM. Reason: correct FreeBSD info |
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Setup is easy. Copy /usr/local/share/examples/xombrero.conf to ~/.xombrero.conf and edit it to set home page and browser preferences. You can block javascript, flash (-> /dev/null) and autodelete history on closing. I enabled javascript. I can periodically delete session history with <alt+h> and accumulated cookies with <alt+j>. <ctl+t> opens a new tab and <ctl+r> will refresh. It supports rotating useragents and your choice of search engines. The authors are OpenBSD contributors. The syntax for Bookmarks ~/.xombrero/favorites <alt+f>is simple Code:
DaemonForums http://daemonforums.org/ FreeBSD Forums https://forums.freebsd.org OpenBSD Ports http://www.openports.se M:tier 5.7 Updates https://stable.mtier.org/updates?release=57 OpenBSD Mailing Lists http://marc.info I entered this post from Xombrero Last edited by shep; 14th May 2015 at 02:23 AM. Reason: Moved from prior thread |
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Chromium uses a wrapper script to increase memory limits, xombrero uses the system limits for the users login class. Chromium has lots of Google embellishments to bloat Chromium further just by clicking the App Store icon in the upper right. Xombrero is very easy to set up with Tor. The developers give the steps in the example xombrero.conf. It was a PITA to delete history in Chromium and after deleting the history in 5.6, Chromium would immediately crash. My xombrero.conf does not save history at shutdown - no problems, If chromium had the setting to clear history at shutdown I was never able to find it. They may share the rendering engine but the project goals are otherwise very different. I personally could not stand Chromium and only had it as it allowed changing a banking password that FF would not. Xombrero can still be built with either webkit/gtk2 or webkit/gtk3. Xombrero makefile at Freshports. In OpenBSD 5.7 it is compiled with gtk3. I'm wondering if xombrero has indirectly benefited from Antoine Jacoutot gnome efforts. www/epiphany is back after being broken - it's webkit is gtk4. Last edited by shep; 14th May 2015 at 03:48 AM. Reason: added webkit versions |
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There is also www/vimb.
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Netsurf is looking at an alternative for javascript
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Otter Browser of course.
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