You need to do a little homework, to choose the best Linux browser as its need specific. The needs of a normal web surfer, a web designer, web developer are so distinguished, and hence it requires understanding of various pro and cons in a particular browser (for Linux).
We searched for different web browsers and trying to reveal the facts about them. In this article, we are providing you a complete guide to help you discover the best Linux browsers.
Best Browser for Linux
With many distros, we previously wrote about best linux distros that have pre-installed application and out of box solutions, do try them.
Firefox
Firefox is a friendly browser for Linux users. It can be installed on both 32bit and 64bit system. Firefox has number of extensive extensions to choose from. It is easy to navigate, fast loading, has made it popular within Linux users. It has easy installation, and it renders each website on the web properly, including the banking site as well.
Everything is almost perfect in Firefox as a browser for Linux. It comes installed in many top Linux distros due to its fast and reliable browsing experience. But, with every update get from Firefox developers, one needs of be cautious as sometimes your favorite add-ons and plugins might now work. So, I recommend to check the extensions for compatibility, before upgrading to newer versions.
Chrome/Chromium
Chrome browser is promoted by Google, The Chromium is in group of Chrome since Chrome is used as base for its development. The chromium is one of the fastest browser, so I consider it worth trying at this time.
Chrome also provides frequent updates and there are no issues of extension incompatibilities with newer versions. The inspect element tool is inbuilt. If we talk about the syncing option Chrome/Chromium has proven itself to be perfect. There are also some negative points, it sometimes do not render pages properly like with Ebay website sometimes it shows glitches that are not common.
Qupzilla
There is also an awesome as well as lightweight web browser that is Qupzilla. It provides an excellent rendering support while maintaining small resource footprint.
It provides you a good web browser experience with real page rendering capability. It has lightweight desktop environments. It also runs on older PCs. By default, GreaseMonkey and Access Keys extensions are installed.
The bad about Qupzilla is that it doesn’t seem to work reliably on HTML5 videos.
Midori
Midori is the lightweight Chrome alternative. Midori has ”hamburger menu,” that offers a minimalist experience with utilizing less browser space.
Midori is also quite fast and gives best browsing experience. It restores pages correctly and works great. It has built-in functionality for creating browser profiles, you can setup user-specific browser profiles. There are some bad points also like, less impressive user extensions selection, and it takes time to become used to.
Opera
Opera is the most misunderstood browser in the market; it provided Linux support but dismissed by the overall Linux community.
It is full of configurable options, and it is compatible to many old PC’s as well, it also has fast web browsing speed that is useful for Linux users. Opera browser is still popular in mobile platforms, but desktop users are less willing to try it.
So which browsers have you tried on your Linux machine? Which is the best browser for linux according to you? Waiting write in comments, and tell us more about any other linux browsers that can make this list more interesting.