Author Archives: Linerd

Lynx: A Text Only Web Browser

Today I’m going to show you how to install the Lynx web browser in Ubuntu 10.04. Lynx is a text only web browser that runs from the Linux terminal.

Why install Lynx?

Why would you want to run a browser like this? Well, the reason I run it is because it shows you how a website looks to a search engine bot. Continue reading

Midori – A Lightweight Web Browser

If you’ve been looking for a nice WebKit based web browser for Linux, Midori is a browser worth checking out. Although it’s still in early stages of development (the current version is 0.2.5,) it provides a fairly complete set of features for a web browser.

Some of the more advanced features include user scripts and user styles. User scripts are similar to Greasemonkey scripts in Firefox.  Continue reading