Hi there! The following command gives you all browsers available in Debian:
$ apt-get install www-browser I thought that Midori <http://www.twotoasts.de> would have been the default choice, but then I was quite surprised when I discovered that it requires quite a lot of space: ===== debian-gta02:~# apt-get install midori [...] The following NEW packages will be installed: libaspell15 libenchant1c2a libgail18 libhunspell-1.2-0 libmalaga7 libunique-1.0-0 libvoikko1 libwebkit-1.0-2 libwebkit-1.0-common libxslt1.1 midori [...] After this operation, 18.9MB of additional disk space will be used. ===== BTW, see <http://bugs.debian.org/500234> for the spelling libraries. This is not what I expect from a browser which calls itself "a lightweight" one. Just for the record, Iceweasel/Firefox is not so distant, in term of disk space used: ===== debian-gta02:~# apt-get install iceweasel [...] The following NEW packages will be installed: iceweasel libhunspell-1.2-0 libmozjs1d xulrunner-1.9 [...] After this operation, 25.1MB of additional disk space will be used. ===== Then, obviously, the memory footprint is different, with Iceweasel/Firefox being worst here. Since I am a Conkeror user <http://conkeror.org>, I tried it and it places itself between Iceweasel/Firefox and Midori. ===== debian-gta02:~# apt-get install conkeror [...] The following NEW packages will be installed: conkeror libhunspell-1.2-0 libmozjs1d xulrunner-1.9 [...] After this operation, 22.5MB of additional disk space will be used. ===== Finally, I found what could be the best browser for the embedded devices: NetSurf <http://www.netsurf-browser.org>: ===== debian-gta02:~# apt-get install netsurf [...] The following NEW packages will be installed: netsurf [...] After this operation, 1208kB of additional disk space will be used. ===== This occupies a bit less than 1/3 of the Virtual Image (VIRT) top shows Midori uses (38MB vs. 100MB) and the same Resident size (RES) (30MB). However, I wrote "could be" because ATM it still lacks JavaScript support, which is a sort of a must, nowadays... Comments? Does anyone know other options? Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca PS, all the tests above where done from within a Wi-Fi connection here at DebConf9 with kernel 2.6.29_20090702.gitd1c828aa-1: the connection worked flawlessly for more than 1 hour and half :-)
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