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Thank you for reminding me to give NetSurf another try. No package in Ubuntu for some reason, but relatively easy to compile from source.

• ajot 2y ago
  Weird, Debian has NetSurf in its repos (netsurf-gtk, or netsurf-fb if you want to render it directly to framebuffer with no UI toolkit)
  • forgotmypw17 2y ago
    Thanks, I was able to install netsurf-gtk just fine. It would be nice if `apt install netsurf` returned something more helpful than "Unable to locate package netsurf"
    • sylware 2y ago
      netsurf is using the GTK+ toolkit. The thing is I was about to build my own browser with netsurf components (but probably with my own toolkit)... then I stumbled upon the fact that it won't help much more than to use links or lynx since sites are getting javascript-walled. At best I would get a CSS renderer, coded in plain and simple C99+. Since Big Tech controls the software to access their online service, they will give hell to any promising real-life alternative. To say that the only sane way out of this, is not even coding a plain and simple C99+ real-life javascript web engine, but ensure by law/regulation that all "utility/critical" sites have a working and sane noscript/basic (x)html portal (as 100% of them had a few years ago...............)
    • rcdwealth 2y ago
      I always do first: apt-cache search netsurf
      • forgotmypw17 2y ago
        Thanks! I'll know to do that in the future.