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baraka83

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 12

webbrowser

Hello to all of you using Archlinux,

I want to ask you something. I am using Archlinux with fluxbox and I think, my system runs perfectly. It's very fast, but I have one problem. I am using Seamonkey. Sometimes the browser becomes very slow and I have to wait. I can't even scroll. I have fast Internetconnection, so that's not the problem. Still can't find out what to do to make my browser fast. I used bevor firefox, but with it was even worst. I compiled seamonkey with abs for myself, but is not better.
So if you can give me an advice, I will be very thankful!

Thank you!

droog

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Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 877

Re: webbrowser

I would give the new firefox3 a try, its alot faster than either firefox2 or seamonkey, if you want even more light weight i would try kazehakase from aur.

Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 3,528

Re: webbrowser

Grab Firefix(3)-spookyet from aur, and build it with some nice cflags.
E.g. (on i686)  CFLAGS="-march=native -mfpmath=sse -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops"

Edit: No, that cflag line is not a joke, it actually do work

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2008-05-27 22:58:57)

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Stefan Husmann

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 955

Re: webbrowser

I use kazehakase on a 900 Mhz Athlon. Its nice. You need not compile it yourself, it is in [community]

Even faster, but not yet full featured: midori or midori-git (in AUR).

baraka83

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 12

Re: webbrowser

Thank you. Now I am with kazehakase. Very very fast. Like it!

hennes

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-31

Posts: 50

Re: webbrowser

Grab Firefix(3)-spookyet from aur, and build it with some nice cflags.
E.g. (on i686)  CFLAGS="-march=native -mfpmath=sse -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops"

Edit: No, that cflag line is not a joke, it actually do work

The -fomit-frame-pointer switch should already be enabled.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linux … 7269t1.png

oliwer

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From: Paris

Registered: 2007-06-30

Posts: 153

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Re: webbrowser

Of course you can also try the beta of Seamonkey2 if you don't like firefox3.

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Mr.Elendig

#archlinux@freenode channel op

From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 3,528

Re: webbrowser

Grab Firefix(3)-spookyet from aur, and build it with some nice cflags.
E.g. (on i686)  CFLAGS="-march=native -mfpmath=sse -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops"

Edit: No, that cflag line is not a joke, it actually do work

The -fomit-frame-pointer switch should already be enabled.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linux … 7269t1.png

Acording to gcc docs, it's only enabled in O2/O3 on systems where it do not reduce the ability to debug. And that means that it's not enabled on x86.

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bslagowski

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Registered: 2008-02-23

Posts: 102

Re: webbrowser

Give Opera a try. I switched to it after Firefox started locking up on me for 10+ second long freezes. Nothing I did solved it, so I just gave up. Glad I did. Opera is very slick - fast, full featured, and reliable. I'm using 9.50 beta2. I can't remember if it's in AUR or not. I just compiled the source from Opera: http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml … form=linux.

Vintendo

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 375

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Re: webbrowser

It's in extra

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KyKo

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Registered: 2007-06-15

Posts: 26

Re: webbrowser

I too am a proud Opera user. Mouse gestures for life.

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: webbrowser

Kyko there is an extension for firefox (mouse gestures) that works as fine as the original...
it's just a matter of preferences

Stefan Husmann

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 955

Re: webbrowser

Kazehakase has mouse gestures too.

cardinals_fan

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-02-03

Posts: 248

Re: webbrowser

Opera is great.

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jrick

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 27

Re: webbrowser

Konqueror!

(it has mouse gestures too )

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KyKo

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Registered: 2007-06-15

Posts: 26

Re: webbrowser

Ha now I feel like a fool. Here I have been using Opera all this time because of the mouse gestures, and now I find out every browser and its mother has them.

I like Opera because I can close it with an X in the upper-right hand corner.

Vintendo

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 375

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Re: webbrowser

Opera is the bomb, not only because of the mouse gesturen but also because of the email client.

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_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: webbrowser

Ha now I feel like a fool. Here I have been using Opera all this time because of the mouse gestures, and now I find out every browser and its mother has them.

I like Opera because I can close it with an X in the upper-right hand corner.

you persuaded me to switch browser... bye firefox

Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

Posts: 736

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Re: webbrowser

I just installed Firefox3 (without pacman because arch contains very old beta) and I am amazed.
Hope this one will be soon in unstable or community or extra.

Stefan Husmann

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 955

Re: webbrowser

Why didn't you use abs?

Why are you amazed?

Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

Posts: 736

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Re: webbrowser

Because ABS requires direct Internet access, while pacman can use a squid proxy.
I am amazed because it's much better than Firefox 2.

Shadowmeph

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From: West Coast Canada

Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 208

Re: webbrowser

I used to use opera when I used windows but it would always actup on me it just didn't like me at all but now that I am using a totally different OS I am willing to give Opera another try I am wondering..
is it possible to import your firefox bookmarks into opera? also which version should I download I mean it asks if you want Ubunti gentoo I am not sure which I should get since Arch isn't there

Last edited by Shadowmeph (2008-06-05 18:05:37)

xaw

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From: Chapel Hill

Registered: 2007-08-09

Posts: 177

Re: webbrowser

As my signature states, I'm a fan of Conkeror, the emacs style mozilla powered browser It runs quite smoothly too, I might add. I used the PKGBUILD already in the aur - conkeror-git.

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droog

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Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 877

Re: webbrowser

I used to use opera when I used windows but it would always actup on me it just didn't like me at all but now that I am using a totally different OS I am willing to give Opera another try I am wondering..
is it possible to import your firefox bookmarks into opera? also which version should I download I mean it asks if you want Ubunti gentoo I am not sure which I should get since Arch isn't there

You shouldnt need to download either, just do a pacman -S opera

Sp4rkR4t

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From: Southampton

Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 110

Re: webbrowser

There are plenty of lightweight browsers I would like to use but the lack of NoScript & Adblock keeps sending me back to Firefox.

Does anyone know of a lightweight browser that has at least a good equivalent to NoScript.

Last edited by Sp4rkR4t (2008-06-06 03:32:03)