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I used to have such a floppy. It was mindblowing, even though at the time 2 floppies would be enough to bootstrap a Debian install (if you had a common network

I used to have such a floppy. It was mindblowing, even though at the time 2 floppies would be enough to bootstrap a Debian install (if you had a common network card, the drivers of which were included). Debian would just show the old curses-like installer, and pull the rest of the system from the repo, while QNX had a full GUI, network card/modem drivers, and a friggin web browser in 1.44 MB.

gregsadetsky 5y ago
That browser (which can be seen on the page linked by GP) is astounding for its size. Out of curiosity, what are currently the most minimal, "graphic" (i.e. not Links-like), browsers available today? Any Open Source ones?
- marcodiego 5y ago
  I loved Dillo but its development seems stuck. As a replacement I use netsurf.
- LeoPanthera 5y ago
  Probably NetSurf. https://www.netsurf-browser.org https://www.netsurf-browser.org
  - gregsadetsky 5y ago
    NetSurf's great, thank you! I'd be curious to try porting it to another "frontend" i.e. OS/device. I don't know how difficult that would be. The development documentation seems good: http://source.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git/tree/docs http://source.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git/tree/docs
  - badsectoracula 5y ago
    NetSurf is a great project, since unlike Dillo (another minimal web browser) it can handle a lot of sites out there while requiring very few resources. I use it often on a Raspberry Pi 2 i have next to me together with Dillo, but Dillo really only works with very very simple sites and mainly use it for reading HTML-based documentation.
    - Teknoman117 5y ago
      My introduction to Dillo was via Damn Small Linux. It's a shame that project died, I actually have a copy of the book. I wonder if anyone has tried to add optional javascript support to Dillo or something with Fabrice Bellard's QuickJS engine (full JS coverage in like 210 KiB of x86 code).
- destructionator 5y ago
  links actually does have a graphic mode... see http://links.twibright.com/features.php http://links.twibright.com/features.php screenshots section. It really isn't too bad.
  - gregsadetsky 5y ago
    Thanks, I didn't know!
  - eichin 5y ago
    And there's `w3m-img` which... isn't exactly a graphics mode, but it does inline images via $WINDOWID...
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- dredmorbius 5y ago
  Dillo is the usual mention. There's BrowseX, built in Tcl/Tk. https://sourceforge.net/projects/brx/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/brx/ The Suckless browser, "surf", is pretty light and featureful: https://surf.suckless.org/ https://surf.suckless.org/
- exikyut 5y ago
  Besides NetSurf there's also the bespoke browser in SerenityOS.

gregsadetsky 5y ago

That browser (which can be seen on the page linked by GP) is astounding for its size. Out of curiosity, what are currently the most minimal, "graphic" (i.e. not Links-like), browsers available today? Any Open Source ones?

marcodiego 5y ago
I loved Dillo but its development seems stuck. As a replacement I use netsurf.
LeoPanthera 5y ago
Probably NetSurf. https://www.netsurf-browser.org https://www.netsurf-browser.org
- gregsadetsky 5y ago
  NetSurf's great, thank you! I'd be curious to try porting it to another "frontend" i.e. OS/device. I don't know how difficult that would be. The development documentation seems good: http://source.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git/tree/docs http://source.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git/tree/docs
- badsectoracula 5y ago
  NetSurf is a great project, since unlike Dillo (another minimal web browser) it can handle a lot of sites out there while requiring very few resources. I use it often on a Raspberry Pi 2 i have next to me together with Dillo, but Dillo really only works with very very simple sites and mainly use it for reading HTML-based documentation.
  - Teknoman117 5y ago
    My introduction to Dillo was via Damn Small Linux. It's a shame that project died, I actually have a copy of the book. I wonder if anyone has tried to add optional javascript support to Dillo or something with Fabrice Bellard's QuickJS engine (full JS coverage in like 210 KiB of x86 code).
destructionator 5y ago
links actually does have a graphic mode... see http://links.twibright.com/features.php http://links.twibright.com/features.php screenshots section. It really isn't too bad.
- gregsadetsky 5y ago
  Thanks, I didn't know!
- eichin 5y ago
  And there's `w3m-img` which... isn't exactly a graphics mode, but it does inline images via $WINDOWID...
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dredmorbius 5y ago
Dillo is the usual mention. There's BrowseX, built in Tcl/Tk. https://sourceforge.net/projects/brx/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/brx/ The Suckless browser, "surf", is pretty light and featureful: https://surf.suckless.org/ https://surf.suckless.org/
exikyut 5y ago
Besides NetSurf there's also the bespoke browser in SerenityOS.