![]() As it is, I think it’s just not the best browser under any circumstance. If it weren’t such a memory hog it would be good for old machines, and if it had a lot more functionality and privacy and security settings it would be good for modern machines. I am impressed by the built-in ad blocker – seems to work well. I’d have to wonder if most old machines of that generation would have enough memory to get much use out of Gnome web (package is actually named ‘epiphany-browser’). On my system this morning it’s taking 1300mb of ram just to run the video on the homepage of in a single tab.įor me, links2 or elinks plus mpv and youtube-dl for videos would be a better way to go on much older machines. It’s an OK browser in terms of rendering, but it seems to be a memory hog in my limited testing. There is already at least 1 user who has issues because antiX Linux cannot provide by default a working web browser: Tested it on an actual Athlon XP and Intel Celeron (Coppermine). And maybe GNOME Web should be the default installed web browser, at least in case of the 32 bit release of antiX Linux. Using a browser (palemoon-sse) from 2 years ago is a security risk, and shouldn’t be in the Package Installer at all, GNOME Web should be there instead. It can even play embedded videos (YouTube as well of course). The browser can display and run any modern web page or web app. Every security update arrives in very short time. The Debian team compiles GNOME Web in a way that it won’t require SSE2 and it is frequently updated. Maybe it should be even the default browser. It should be available from the Package Installer (“antiX app store”). ![]() There is only one browser left which works without SSE2, and it is called GNOME Web. Just try to play a YouTube video, that will crash it for sure. Firefox won’t crash instantly, but when you open a page, it might crash. Currently, all browsers crash on CPUs without SSE2. Since antiX Linux is targeted for low-end machines, it should provide a browser by default what works on old CPUs. ![]()
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