The neverending search for the perfect web browser

[jeward]

Any recommendations for a stable lightweight web browser? I love surf, but it crashes too much. So I'm typing this to you from Microwatt R10 in Firefox. I've been trying various light browsers, but all of them seem to crash or lock up:
surf
midori
qupzilla

This link crashed surf, midori and maybe caused qupzilla to hang:
https://news.vice.com/story/facebook-is-blocking-thai-users-from-seeing-video-of-their-king-in-a-crop-top

I'm trying to wean myself off chrome/chromium, so I'm using firefox at the moment. While a bit sluggish on my machine, it's at least stable.

sudo inxi -Fmz
System:    Host: ward-ThinkPad-X40 Kernel: 4.4.0-77-generic i686 (32 bit) Desktop: i3 4.11
                Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine:   System: IBM (portable) product: 2371GHU v: ThinkPad X40
                 Mobo: IBM model: 2371GHU Bios: IBM v: 1UET94WW (1.44 ) date: 12/14/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB speed: 1400 MHz (max)
Memory:    Array-1 capacity: 2 GB (est) devices: 2 EC: None
                 Device-1: DIMM 1 size: 512 MB speed: N/A type: DDR
                 Device-2: DIMM 2 size: 1 GB speed: N/A type: DDR
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
                 Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
                 tty size: 127x50 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0
               Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-77-generic
Network:  Card-1: Intel 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000
                IF: enp2s1 state: down mac: <filter>
                Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC driver: ath5k
                IF: wlp2s2 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:      HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (14.1% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: HTC426040G9AT00 size: 40.0GB
Partition:   ID-1: / size: 36G used: 3.9G (12%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
                ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.60GB used: 0.34GB (21%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:        No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0C mobo: 55.0C
                Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 4974
Info:         Processes: 148 Uptime: 17:12 Memory: 1129.5/1498.0MB Client: Shell (sudo) inxi: 2.2.35

[blaze]

Tried Vivaldi?

[Dan]

Slimjet?

http://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php

Fast, stable browser and less RAM usage than Firefox and Chromium.

The downside is that you have to reinstall it when new versions are released, but that's easily done.

[leenie]

I do like Slimjet. Can't wait for a repository.

[AndyDee]

Many thanks, Dan,

some years ago, I was using a very early version of the x-www-browser.

But Slimjet is so cool, wow...!

Andy

[leenie]

Slimjet supports 32 bit.

[smhardesty]

This is an OLD thread, but I thought it best to wake it up instead of starting a new thread.

I always have the same question that jeward posted. What is the best, fastest, most stable web browser out there. Yes, I use Firefox regularly, but I'm always on the lookout for something better. I ran SeaMonkey for a long time but something happened that made me switch back to Firefox a few years ago. I honestly can't recall what happened, but whatever it was caused me to switch back.

I noticed the Slimjet recommendation and see that it is still available for download. I read over a little of the info on their site, but I didn't see any mention of any addons like uBlock, DownThemAll, or YouTube downloader. Does anybody know if there are any addons for Slimjet?

Thanks in advance.

[cheiron]

Slimjet is based on Chromium and all i could find was this. Adblock Plus is mentioned among a few others


https://www.slimjet.com/en/extension-compatibility.php

[smhardesty]

Dang! That's exactly what I was looking for. Where did you find that?

I can live with Adblock Plus. I can live without DownThemAll. I'd really like to be able to download YouTube videos and other videos on different sites. I did notice on their List Of Features page that you can supposedly download online streaming videos as a feature of the browser.

Next question. Have you, or anybody else, used Slimjet for any length of time? I might give it a whirl if somebody indicates it's worth trying.

Also, do you, or anybody else, have a different browser to suggest?

[cheiron]

This is why i am on the mod team lmao .. i have a knack of finding stuff hehehe


I used to use midori when it was running .. i have since stopped using it as it was discontinued and then relaunched as Astian because they dropped the WebKitGTK and moved to Electron which is Chromium based

[cheiron]

In terms of browser now on my linux .. i use Viper...


It's an executable browser.. it doesnt actually install to the hard drive lol.. its a really weird one to work with but i love it.


if you want to try it on ubuntu .. let me get the instructions


go to https://g.srev.in/get-appimage/viper_browser/


click on the lightning symbol next to the 134.87MB release..


once downloaded.. open terminal


cd Downloads


chmod +x ./*.AppImage


close out terminal


open downloads .. double click viper and set up and play


enjoy

[leenie]

@smhardesty, Thank you for waking up this thread! I am using Brave browser. Chromium based with LOTS of extras, adblock builtin. Not looking for a light browser, looking for a secure browser. https://brave.com/linux/ Slimjet still offers 32bit legacy version. That is where I use it.

@cheiron, I downloaded and tried to use Viper browser, aparently it does not like GTK2 with LXDE. It won't start. I do want to try it. Do I need Gnome for it?

[smhardesty]

cheiron, I'm not seeing anything that looks like a downloadable 135MB file. I don't see any lightning bolt either. Below is what I see. Am I just not seeing things right?

[smhardesty]

leenie, I use Brave browser on my smart phone. I tried it out on one of my laptops. It's OK. I didn't really run into any problems and there wasn't any one thing that totally turned me off. It's another of those "didn't do it for me" things. LOL!

[leenie]

Link to Viper download: https://g.srev.in/get-appimage/viper_browser/