Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:37:01 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201041234110.28172@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120104165405.GF8500@hemlock.hydra> References: <CAHsiZG-op0MO79qaWG2gRLYLeaTKcip8iabQ%2B0AYQVK7iDZ5pg@mail.gmail.com> <20120104165405.GF8500@hemlock.hydra>
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 07:17:47AM -0500, Daniel Lewis wrote: >> Im running Free BSD 8.2 and was wondering whats a good web browser for >> version 8.2? >> Where and how would we install it? ( Im really new to unix) > > There are at least as many answers to this as there are browsers, and > probably quite a few more answers than that. > > For minimalist browsers in the X Window System environment, I quite like > Surf. > > For its incredibly rich extension system, I use Firefox (and extensions > such as Pentadactyl, Perspectives, HTTPS Everywhere, and Scrapbook). > > For a combination of excellent GUI design, smooth built-in features, and > stability (relative to Firefox), Chromium is a good choice (that's the > open source project behind Google Chrome). > > There are others as well. Others have already mentioned Epiphany, > Midori, and Opera. Lynx and Links are a couple more console-based > browsers. www/links also has a graphic mode (-g) which can be quite useful.
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