Web Browsers

Last update: 30 september 2025.

Under GLLFSC, i mostly use 3 web browsers:

1. lynx when i'm under the console
2. Netsurf when i want a fast graphical web browser (Dillo is faster but netsurf renders sites more correctly)
3. Palemoon when i want all the features of a modern web browser to browse every possible web site, particularly those which make heavy use of javascript.

Dillo (3.0.5) is light and fast: it is simple to build and has a few dependencies. But CSS rendering is limited, even Acid1 is rendered incorrectly. Moreover, there is no support for javascript yet. Finally, support of https is in its infancy.

Netsurf (3.10) is also pretty lightweight and fast. Moreover, CSS rendering is much better than with Dillo, although Acid2 is rendered incorrectly. But javascript support is still incomplete and this is an issue for more and more websites, which heavily depend on javascript. https is implemented if OpenSSL is found during the build.

Finally, there is Palemoon (32.5.1). It has premium support for both CSS and javascript, and also for https. But it is noticeably slower than Dillo on startup (10 s vs 1 s) and when running. I can build Palemoon 32.5.1 on Pentium 4 and 4GB+ RAM with my recipe.

I should also mention Links that can be used as a text web-browser, but also as a graphical one when launched with option -g.

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