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Linux: Browser Wars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-never-ends dept.

Anderson Silva writes "LinuxToday has an article doing a pretty basic comparison on some of the major linux browsers. Although a nice article, and with a fair result, I still think Opera is the best browser available for Linux." I prefer knoqueror, although recent builds seem to have random hangs on images.google.com.

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  1. CmdrTaco and I finally have something in common by opeuga · · Score: 3, Funny

    We both like 'knoquers'.

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  2. telnet by Nastard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Telnet in on port 80 and do a manual get.

    Anything else is for wussies.

    1. Re:telnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      I'd just noticed that myself. Bizarre.

      % echo "GET / HTTP/1.0" | nc slashdot.org 80 | head | grep '^X-' | grep -v '^X-Powered'

      X-Bender: Oh, so, just 'cause a robot wants to kill humans that makes him a radical?

      X-Bender: OK, but I don't want anyone thinking we're robosexuals.

      X-Fry: Nowadays people aren't interested in art that's not tattooed on fat guys.

      X-Bender: Honey, I wouldn't talk about taste if I was wearing a lime green tank top.

      X-Bender: Bite my shiny, metal ass!

    2. Re:telnet by Nastard · · Score: 3, Funny

      Being a programmer does not make you intelligent.

      The inverse is also true.

  3. Spellchecker by Ford+Fulkerson · · Score: 5, Funny
    I prefer knoqueror


    I guess slashcode still doesn't include a spellchecker.

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  4. hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I strictly use only MS Internet Explorer becuase that's the only browser that doens't try to steal my flamberge.

  5. Re:loading slashdot?... by mmcshane · · Score: 2, Funny
    For this test, I took a 370kb page from Slashdot page. I saved the page out, rather than use it on the site, since comments could be added on the site which would skew the results.
    It's even worse than that - it took him that long to render pages off his own disk. Apparently he was rendering Shrek in the background.
  6. images.google.com by Skynet · · Score: 5, Funny

    *CmdrTaco loads images.google.com*
    *CmdrTaco types in "tux the penguin nude"*
    *Penguin loads up in goatse position*
    CmdrTaco: hmmmm....
    *CmdrTaco types in "RMS nude"*
    *Google locks...*
    CmdrTaco: ^$%$#@!

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  7. Your wish is granted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Lynx is a good browser that works under Linux, and is more stable than IE in my experience.