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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 256

Looking for a light browser

I'm running xfce4 on a fairly old machine (G630, 8GB ram). If I open more than couple of windows of firefox everything grinds down to halt as FF is a hog.

Any suggestions for a light but usable browser (everything will render correctly w/o consuming gigabytes of RAM)?

Thanks

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 896

Re: Looking for a light browser

No such thing as far as I know. Dillo is great but doesn't render everything. Some will be just text.

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jakfish

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Registered: 2019-12-23

Posts: 71

Re: Looking for a light browser

https://www.palemoon.org/

I've used this on an ancient Sony Vaio/xfce. It's lightweight and pretty much renders everything while easy on resources. YMMV, but it's portable, so no harm, no foul.

And XFCE For All

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Registered: 2026-01-11

Posts: 6

Re: Looking for a light browser

I have heard that Lynx is a very light weight and fast web browser. It can also be installed via apt:

sudo apt install lynx

Keep in mind that the browser is text-based, so I do recommend reading about it first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)

Last edited by And XFCE For All (2026-01-30 22:53:47)