A really fast graphical browser!

[Dapper Dan 0]

I just found out about this over at justlinux.com. You're probably familiar with the command line web browser "links" but did you know you can use it in graphical mode too? This really surprised me. Your disto may already have it available. To find out do:

 

links -g [enter]

 

and see if it appears. If you've not used links before, from here, press g and it will provide you with a window to type in addresses.

 

My RH 9 came with elinks without the graphical support so I had to go here to download the latest tarball. If you decide to try it out, make sure you read the ./configure --help before compiling. See in there that you must do:

 

./configure --enable-graphics

 

to have the GUI to work. Also do:

 

./configure --enable-graphics --enable-javascript

 

If you want java as well.

 

To run, just do:

 

links -g

..and your off! It isn't as pretty or as convenient as Galeon or Mozilla, but it's blindingly fast! Should be a nice way for older slower machines to see the Internet!

[danleff 0]

Nice, Dapper Dan. i just tried this out. Pretty good resource for those older systems.

[Maillion 0]

Hey, guys, I looked at mine system, and I have elinks, but not the graphic mode. do you think I could just download the libray it mentioned on the site, and install that, or will I have to go through the whole shebang? (I'm not that familiar with the sort of installation they speak about.) ;(

[Dapper Dan 0]

Try it and see, it may work. If not, the full deal is pretty easy to istall.