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  1. I've written an "Ode to elinks" on my #Gemini capsule before, and I recently stumbled upon this great article that goes into more details and reasons why #elinks is one of the best text web browsers out there. Excellent for when you want to access information from a #RaspberryPi Zero or other low-powered device.

    Dion Moult thinkmoult.com/using-elinks-br

    tobykurien.com/images/microblo

  2. I've written an "Ode to elinks" on my #Gemini capsule before, and I recently stumbled upon this great article that goes into more details and reasons why #elinks is one of the best text web browsers out there. Excellent for when you want to access information from a #RaspberryPi Zero or other low-powered device.

    Dion Moult thinkmoult.com/using-elinks-br

    tobykurien.com/images/microblo

  3. I've written an "Ode to elinks" on my #Gemini capsule before, and I recently stumbled upon this great article that goes into more details and reasons why #elinks is one of the best text web browsers out there. Excellent for when you want to access information from a #RaspberryPi Zero or other low-powered device.

    Dion Moult thinkmoult.com/using-elinks-br

    tobykurien.com/images/microblo

  4. I've written an "Ode to elinks" on my #Gemini capsule before, and I recently stumbled upon this great article that goes into more details and reasons why #elinks is one of the best text web browsers out there. Excellent for when you want to access information from a #RaspberryPi Zero or other low-powered device.

    Dion Moult thinkmoult.com/using-elinks-br

    tobykurien.com/images/microblo

  5. I've written an "Ode to elinks" on my #Gemini capsule before, and I recently stumbled upon this great article that goes into more details and reasons why #elinks is one of the best text web browsers out there. Excellent for when you want to access information from a #RaspberryPi Zero or other low-powered device.

    Dion Moult thinkmoult.com/using-elinks-br

    tobykurien.com/images/microblo

  6. Okay...how do other folks decide between different terminal-based web browsers?

    Lynx is the one that gets mentioned the most on fedi. It also has by far the highest popcon on Debian.

    It seems Lynx is part of the same family tree as links, links2, and elinks. Trying all of them, I really don't see much difference between Lynx and Links: the only differences I notice are that they use different default colors for text, and links has a smaller file size.

    Links2 can run in either graphical or terminal mode. I can't use the graphical mode due to a lack of dark mode. The terminal version of link2 seems identical to links: is there even a difference?

    Elinks, when used as a web browser, seems nearly identical to the other three, aside from a different color scheme. Its website claims it supports CSS and JS, but I haven't seen those actually make a difference on a real website. Elinks can also work as a gemini and gopher browser, which is a nice perk.

    Outside of the links/lynx/elinks family, Debian has a few more terminal browsers.

    Edbrowse can let you load the text of a website and then edit it? It also works with geminispace.

    Netrik does not appear to work with https: it works fine with plain http.

    w3m, with the image extension, can display images inline in the terminal, which looks weird. Without the image extension, I don't notice much difference between w3m any the links family, aside from again a different color scheme.

    Overall, I don't see what makes Lynx stand out from all the other terminal browsers. Yet both fedi and Debian users seem to strongly prefer it. What criteria are other fedicreatures using to compare terminal web browsers?


    #WebBrowsers #TerminalBrowsers #Lynx #Links #Links2 #Elinks #Netrik #Edbrowse #W3m #geminiprotocol #gopher

  7. Okay...how do other folks decide between different terminal-based web browsers?

    Lynx is the one that gets mentioned the most on fedi. It also has by far the highest popcon on Debian.

    It seems Lynx is part of the same family tree as links, links2, and elinks. Trying all of them, I really don't see much difference between Lynx and Links: the only differences I notice are that they use different default colors for text, and links has a smaller file size.

    Links2 can run in either graphical or terminal mode. I can't use the graphical mode due to a lack of dark mode. The terminal version of link2 seems identical to links: is there even a difference?

    Elinks, when used as a web browser, seems nearly identical to the other three, aside from a different color scheme. Its website claims it supports CSS and JS, but I haven't seen those actually make a difference on a real website. Elinks can also work as a gemini and gopher browser, which is a nice perk.

    Outside of the links/lynx/elinks family, Debian has a few more terminal browsers.

    Edbrowse can let you load the text of a website and then edit it? It also works with geminispace.

    Netrik does not appear to work with https: it works fine with plain http.

    w3m, with the image extension, can display images inline in the terminal, which looks weird. Without the image extension, I don't notice much difference between w3m any the links family, aside from again a different color scheme.

    Overall, I don't see what makes Lynx stand out from all the other terminal browsers. Yet both fedi and Debian users seem to strongly prefer it. What criteria are other fedicreatures using to compare terminal web browsers?


    #WebBrowsers #TerminalBrowsers #Lynx #Links #Links2 #Elinks #Netrik #Edbrowse #W3m #geminiprotocol #gopher

  8. Okay...how do other folks decide between different terminal-based web browsers?

    Lynx is the one that gets mentioned the most on fedi. It also has by far the highest popcon on Debian.

    It seems Lynx is part of the same family tree as links, links2, and elinks. Trying all of them, I really don't see much difference between Lynx and Links: the only differences I notice are that they use different default colors for text, and links has a smaller file size.

    Links2 can run in either graphical or terminal mode. I can't use the graphical mode due to a lack of dark mode. The terminal version of link2 seems identical to links: is there even a difference?

    Elinks, when used as a web browser, seems nearly identical to the other three, aside from a different color scheme. Its website claims it supports CSS and JS, but I haven't seen those actually make a difference on a real website. Elinks can also work as a gemini and gopher browser, which is a nice perk.

    Outside of the links/lynx/elinks family, Debian has a few more terminal browsers.

    Edbrowse can let you load the text of a website and then edit it? It also works with geminispace.

    Netrik does not appear to work with https: it works fine with plain http.

    w3m, with the image extension, can display images inline in the terminal, which looks weird. Without the image extension, I don't notice much difference between w3m any the links family, aside from again a different color scheme.

    Overall, I don't see what makes Lynx stand out from all the other terminal browsers. Yet both fedi and Debian users seem to strongly prefer it. What criteria are other fedicreatures using to compare terminal web browsers?


    #WebBrowsers #TerminalBrowsers #Lynx #Links #Links2 #Elinks #Netrik #Edbrowse #W3m #geminiprotocol #gopher

  9. Okay...how do other folks decide between different terminal-based web browsers?

    Lynx is the one that gets mentioned the most on fedi. It also has by far the highest popcon on Debian.

    It seems Lynx is part of the same family tree as links, links2, and elinks. Trying all of them, I really don't see much difference between Lynx and Links: the only differences I notice are that they use different default colors for text, and links has a smaller file size.

    Links2 can run in either graphical or terminal mode. I can't use the graphical mode due to a lack of dark mode. The terminal version of link2 seems identical to links: is there even a difference?

    Elinks, when used as a web browser, seems nearly identical to the other three, aside from a different color scheme. Its website claims it supports CSS and JS, but I haven't seen those actually make a difference on a real website. Elinks can also work as a gemini and gopher browser, which is a nice perk.

    Outside of the links/lynx/elinks family, Debian has a few more terminal browsers.

    Edbrowse can let you load the text of a website and then edit it? It also works with geminispace.

    Netrik does not appear to work with https: it works fine with plain http.

    w3m, with the image extension, can display images inline in the terminal, which looks weird. Without the image extension, I don't notice much difference between w3m any the links family, aside from again a different color scheme.

    Overall, I don't see what makes Lynx stand out from all the other terminal browsers. Yet both fedi and Debian users seem to strongly prefer it. What criteria are other fedicreatures using to compare terminal web browsers?


    #WebBrowsers #TerminalBrowsers #Lynx #Links #Links2 #Elinks #Netrik #Edbrowse #W3m #geminiprotocol #gopher

  10. Okay...how do other folks decide between different terminal-based web browsers?

    Lynx is the one that gets mentioned the most on fedi. It also has by far the highest popcon on Debian.

    It seems Lynx is part of the same family tree as links, links2, and elinks. Trying all of them, I really don't see much difference between Lynx and Links: the only differences I notice are that they use different default colors for text, and links has a smaller file size.

    Links2 can run in either graphical or terminal mode. I can't use the graphical mode due to a lack of dark mode. The terminal version of link2 seems identical to links: is there even a difference?

    Elinks, when used as a web browser, seems nearly identical to the other three, aside from a different color scheme. Its website claims it supports CSS and JS, but I haven't seen those actually make a difference on a real website. Elinks can also work as a gemini and gopher browser, which is a nice perk.

    Outside of the links/lynx/elinks family, Debian has a few more terminal browsers.

    Edbrowse can let you load the text of a website and then edit it? It also works with geminispace.

    Netrik does not appear to work with https: it works fine with plain http.

    w3m, with the image extension, can display images inline in the terminal, which looks weird. Without the image extension, I don't notice much difference between w3m any the links family, aside from again a different color scheme.

    Overall, I don't see what makes Lynx stand out from all the other terminal browsers. Yet both fedi and Debian users seem to strongly prefer it. What criteria are other fedicreatures using to compare terminal web browsers?


    #WebBrowsers #TerminalBrowsers #Lynx #Links #Links2 #Elinks #Netrik #Edbrowse #W3m #geminiprotocol #gopher

  11. #ELinks with `-dump-color-mode 2 -colors 1` has colors and numbered links

    #links2 with `-html-numbered-links 1` is monochrome, but has numbered links

    #Lynx too, but its output looks more messy to me.

    #w3m doesn't highlight links and doesn't output link URLs at all.

    #Pandoc can't handle table layouts, which unfortunately are still very common in commercial emails.

    #HTML2Text (the C++ tool, gitlab.com/grobian/html2text) does a decent job and supports bold & underline in `less` and NeoMutt's pager.

  12. #ELinks with `-dump-color-mode 2 -colors 1` has colors and numbered links

    #links2 with `-html-numbered-links 1` is monochrome, but has numbered links

    #Lynx too, but its output looks more messy to me.

    #w3m doesn't highlight links and doesn't output link URLs at all.

    #Pandoc can't handle table layouts, which unfortunately are still very common in commercial emails.

    #HTML2Text (the C++ tool, gitlab.com/grobian/html2text) does a decent job and supports bold & underline in `less` and NeoMutt's pager.

  13. #ELinks with `-dump-color-mode 2 -colors 1` has colors and numbered links

    #links2 with `-html-numbered-links 1` is monochrome, but has numbered links

    #Lynx too, but its output looks more messy to me.

    #w3m doesn't highlight links and doesn't output link URLs at all.

    #Pandoc can't handle table layouts, which unfortunately are still very common in commercial emails.

    #HTML2Text (the C++ tool, gitlab.com/grobian/html2text) does a decent job and supports bold & underline in `less` and NeoMutt's pager.

  14. #ELinks with `-dump-color-mode 2 -colors 1` has colors and numbered links

    #links2 with `-html-numbered-links 1` is monochrome, but has numbered links

    #Lynx too, but its output looks more messy to me.

    #w3m doesn't highlight links and doesn't output link URLs at all.

    #Pandoc can't handle table layouts, which unfortunately are still very common in commercial emails.

    #HTML2Text (the C++ tool, gitlab.com/grobian/html2text) does a decent job and supports bold & underline in `less` and NeoMutt's pager.

  15. #ELinks with `-dump-color-mode 2 -colors 1` has colors and numbered links

    #links2 with `-html-numbered-links 1` is monochrome, but has numbered links

    #Lynx too, but its output looks more messy to me.

    #w3m doesn't highlight links and doesn't output link URLs at all.

    #Pandoc can't handle table layouts, which unfortunately are still very common in commercial emails.

    #HTML2Text (the C++ tool, gitlab.com/grobian/html2text) does a decent job and supports bold & underline in `less` and NeoMutt's pager.

  16. google() {
    q=$(echo -n $@ | python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys;print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.stdin.read()))")
    if which elinks &>/dev/null; then
    elinks "google.com/search?hl=de&q=${q}"
    else
    open "google.com/search?hl=de&q=${q}"
    fi
    }

    (open for non-macOS: github.com/malte70/scripts/blo)

    #linux #macos #shell #zsh #elinks #google

  17. @tedu
    For some reason I ended up with elinks as my fav txt-browser. Don't know if the same problems occur there.

    With a server Browsh rules the modern world. Try ssh'ing into brow.sh for a test ride!

  18. Sure, #elinks isn't built for the modern web, but it serves a purpose. I use #aerc for email, #senpai for irc, #iamb for matrix chat, #slrn for newsgroups and message boards, #ncspot for Spotify, #mpg123 for local media or online radio, and #rbw for my bitwarden client. I really don't need much else. It's not a machine I rely on for serious tasks, but it's covered most of my daily needs. Best of all, without a GUI, it's blazing fast!

    I've been enjoying some time on #gopher and #gemini as well.

  19. Sure, #elinks isn't built for the modern web, but it serves a purpose. I use #aerc for email, #senpai for irc, #iamb for matrix chat, #slrn for newsgroups and message boards, #ncspot for Spotify, #mpg123 for local media or online radio, and #rbw for my bitwarden client. I really don't need much else. It's not a machine I rely on for serious tasks, but it's covered most of my daily needs. Best of all, without a GUI, it's blazing fast!

    I've been enjoying some time on #gopher and #gemini as well.

  20. Sure, #elinks isn't built for the modern web, but it serves a purpose. I use #aerc for email, #senpai for irc, #iamb for matrix chat, #slrn for newsgroups and message boards, #ncspot for Spotify, #mpg123 for local media or online radio, and #rbw for my bitwarden client. I really don't need much else. It's not a machine I rely on for serious tasks, but it's covered most of my daily needs. Best of all, without a GUI, it's blazing fast!

    I've been enjoying some time on #gopher and #gemini as well.

  21. Sure, #elinks isn't built for the modern web, but it serves a purpose. I use #aerc for email, #senpai for irc, #iamb for matrix chat, #slrn for newsgroups and message boards, #ncspot for Spotify, #mpg123 for local media or online radio, and #rbw for my bitwarden client. I really don't need much else. It's not a machine I rely on for serious tasks, but it's covered most of my daily needs. Best of all, without a GUI, it's blazing fast!

    I've been enjoying some time on #gopher and #gemini as well.

  22. Sure, #elinks isn't built for the modern web, but it serves a purpose. I use #aerc for email, #senpai for irc, #iamb for matrix chat, #slrn for newsgroups and message boards, #ncspot for Spotify, #mpg123 for local media or online radio, and #rbw for my bitwarden client. I really don't need much else. It's not a machine I rely on for serious tasks, but it's covered most of my daily needs. Best of all, without a GUI, it's blazing fast!

    I've been enjoying some time on #gopher and #gemini as well.

  23. Ultimo ritual River 2025 - Los Piojos (2025)
    El final del reencuentro de Los Piojos con su público está cada vez más cerca. Se presentarán en el Estadio Mâs Monumental donde se los vio brillar tantas veces, con un show que promete ser una despedida a la altura de una trayectoria que marcó a generaciones enteras.
    ed2k://%7Cfile%7CLos.Piojos.Ultimo.Ritual.River.2025.Full.%5BMega%5D.(Emule.via.clan-sudamerica.net).mkv%7C4361092240%7C296E8D7B34857B89A9C2347C11A8A6C9%7Ch=JZHGROUKMZIG24UJTDTCTXE6I6VW2EBQ%7C/
    visto por el clan-sudamerica
    #rock #rockargentino #lospiojos #elinks #clansudamerica

  24. #fvwm #smol #terminal #unix

    I wonder whether I should do a write-up on how I use #linux/#unix the way I do?

    I have spent all of my life living out of the terminal as much as possible, which has meant using certain programs to establish some kind of "workflow". I equally dislike how much I might have to use the browser. Although I use #telescope-browser with #gemini as much as I can!

    I used to use #elinks (xteddy.org/elinks/) -- I believe this has been resurrected (github.com/rkd77/elinks). I'm also aware #dillo has also been revived.

    There's so many of these types of articles though, and it can come across as a cliche -- which I would not want. But equally, I think there's merit in appreciating how other people use their computer to do $STUFF.

    So... I'm not sure. If you think this might be interesting, let me know. I'll do it. Possibly, #gemini first, to prove a point? ;) ;)

  25. select the best

    (for subjective values of "best")

    explicit invitation to explain your reasoning in the replies

    also, feel free to recommend other terminal-based web browsers if your favorite isn't listed

    #CLI #TUI #browser #elinks #links2 #lynx #w3m #web

  26. Today I discovered that eLinks (text web browser) is active again!
    (See previous posts for edbrowse(1) - the name should reveal it's interface🤓.)

    github.com/rkd77/elinks

  27. Question for any #elinks #browser users out there. What else would you like to see supported in a containerized browser? Do you have any strong opinions between mujs and libmozjs. Should I add a volume for persisting session data, etc or keep it all ephemeral by default?

    Are you a #lynx user and would like something like this?

    github.com/vwbusguy/elinks-con

  28. I did a thing! I made an #elinks container image using #Alpine #Linux. Now you can browser the internet from your terminal like a pro from one of your fancy immutable distros.

    github.com/vwbusguy/elinks-con

  29. #LunesDeSoftwareLibre
    Si deseas sacar provecho a la terminal nada mejor que comandos como #elinks #w3m #links2 para navegar por la web

  30. @dnsprincess: #Chromium (i.e. not Chrome but its #FLOSS base) as my 1st browser and #qutebrowser by @the_compiler as my 2nd. And #TorBrowser.

    Before #Mozilla killed a whole FLOSS ecosystem when they removed #XULRunner from Firefox, I mostly used #Conkeror.

    On a text terminal I use #Links2 and #Lynx, sometimes even #w3m or #ELinks.

    On low-end devices I use #Dillo and #Netsurf.

    (On a side note: I also wrote an article about low-end web browsers — in German, though: linux-community.de/ausgaben/li)

  31. @b847c1960 Tried #NetSurf yesterday – just “make” worked OOTB, very fast start-up, and very lean on RAM (~30MB vs ~300MB for #Firefox). 👌🏽

    It needed a patch for GTK first though, the UI is still broken at places, rendering of ligatures faulty, and many web-sites seem broken. 🙁

    So… #Elinks still seems to be better for quick look-ups. 😐

    The latest #GIMP stable release seemed to work quite well for my little use-cases. 🤷🏽‍♂️

    (I compile and tweak almost everything for my system.)

  32. On Lucifer, I sometimes use ELinks (elinks.or.cz/), a TUI browser for the terminal.

    Most of the times, I can start #ELinks, run a #search on #Google, and get my answers _before_ #Firefox even starts up. 😐

    #Internet #Browser #TUI #TextMode #Terminal #Bloatware #WWW

  33. @dnsprincess: #Chromium (i.e. not Chrome but its #FLOSS base) as my 1st browser and #qutebrowser by @the_compiler as my 2nd. And #TorBrowser.

    Before #Mozilla killed a whole FLOSS ecosystem when they removed #XULRunner from Firefox, I mostly used #Conkeror.

    On a text terminal I use #Links2 and #Lynx, sometimes even #w3m or #ELinks.

    On low-end devices I use #Dillo and #Netsurf.

    (On a side note: I also wrote an article about low-end web browsers — in German, though: linux-community.de/ausgaben/li)

  34. @dnsprincess: #Chromium (i.e. not Chrome but its #FLOSS base) as my 1st browser and #qutebrowser by @the_compiler as my 2nd. And #TorBrowser.

    Before #Mozilla killed a whole FLOSS ecosystem when they removed #XULRunner from Firefox, I mostly used #Conkeror.

    On a text terminal I use #Links2 and #Lynx, sometimes even #w3m or #ELinks.

    On low-end devices I use #Dillo and #Netsurf.

    (On a side note: I also wrote an article about low-end web browsers — in German, though: linux-community.de/ausgaben/li)

  35. @dnsprincess: #Chromium (i.e. not Chrome but its #FLOSS base) as my 1st browser and #qutebrowser by @the_compiler as my 2nd. And #TorBrowser.

    Before #Mozilla killed a whole FLOSS ecosystem when they removed #XULRunner from Firefox, I mostly used #Conkeror.

    On a text terminal I use #Links2 and #Lynx, sometimes even #w3m or #ELinks.

    On low-end devices I use #Dillo and #Netsurf.

    (On a side note: I also wrote an article about low-end web browsers — in German, though: linux-community.de/ausgaben/li)

  36. @dnsprincess: #Chromium (i.e. not Chrome but its #FLOSS base) as my 1st browser and #qutebrowser by @the_compiler as my 2nd. And #TorBrowser.

    Before #Mozilla killed a whole FLOSS ecosystem when they removed #XULRunner from Firefox, I mostly used #Conkeror.

    On a text terminal I use #Links2 and #Lynx, sometimes even #w3m or #ELinks.

    On low-end devices I use #Dillo and #Netsurf.

    (On a side note: I also wrote an article about low-end web browsers — in German, though: linux-community.de/ausgaben/li)

  37. Esta semana, como todas las semanas, #semananegra en mi Debian: correo con #mutt, noticias rss con #newsboat, videos con #youtube-dl, podcasts con #podboat, web con #elinks y mastodon con #emacs y #mastodon.el.
    En el Mac del curro, ya tal.

  38. Hey, I think Unix just turned 50!
    Happy anniversary💥⌨💨
    - And thanx to SDF for making antique and old historical version available via browser!
    unix50.org/
    (Though not accesible through elinks. At least not on Alpine Linux via Termux on Android.)

  39. Ultimo ritual River 2025 - Los Piojos (2025)
    El final del reencuentro de Los Piojos con su público está cada vez más cerca. Se presentarán en el Estadio Mâs Monumental donde se los vio brillar tantas veces, con un show que promete ser una despedida a la altura de una trayectoria que marcó a generaciones enteras.
    ed2k://%7Cfile%7CLos.Piojos.Ultimo.Ritual.River.2025.Full.%5BMega%5D.(Emule.via.clan-sudamerica.net).mkv%7C4361092240%7C296E8D7B34857B89A9C2347C11A8A6C9%7Ch=JZHGROUKMZIG24UJTDTCTXE6I6VW2EBQ%7C/
    visto por el clan-sudamerica
    #rock #rockargentino #lospiojos #elinks #clansudamerica

  40. Ultimo ritual River 2025 - Los Piojos (2025)
    El final del reencuentro de Los Piojos con su público está cada vez más cerca. Se presentarán en el Estadio Mâs Monumental donde se los vio brillar tantas veces, con un show que promete ser una despedida a la altura de una trayectoria que marcó a generaciones enteras.
    ed2k://%7Cfile%7CLos.Piojos.Ultimo.Ritual.River.2025.Full.%5BMega%5D.(Emule.via.clan-sudamerica.net).mkv%7C4361092240%7C296E8D7B34857B89A9C2347C11A8A6C9%7Ch=JZHGROUKMZIG24UJTDTCTXE6I6VW2EBQ%7C/
    visto por el clan-sudamerica
    #rock #rockargentino #lospiojos #elinks #clansudamerica

  41. Ultimo ritual River 2025 - Los Piojos (2025)
    El final del reencuentro de Los Piojos con su público está cada vez más cerca. Se presentarán en el Estadio Mâs Monumental donde se los vio brillar tantas veces, con un show que promete ser una despedida a la altura de una trayectoria que marcó a generaciones enteras.
    ed2k://%7Cfile%7CLos.Piojos.Ultimo.Ritual.River.2025.Full.%5BMega%5D.(Emule.via.clan-sudamerica.net).mkv%7C4361092240%7C296E8D7B34857B89A9C2347C11A8A6C9%7Ch=JZHGROUKMZIG24UJTDTCTXE6I6VW2EBQ%7C/
    visto por el clan-sudamerica
    #rock #rockargentino #lospiojos #elinks #clansudamerica

  42. Ultimo ritual River 2025 - Los Piojos (2025)
    El final del reencuentro de Los Piojos con su público está cada vez más cerca. Se presentarán en el Estadio Mâs Monumental donde se los vio brillar tantas veces, con un show que promete ser una despedida a la altura de una trayectoria que marcó a generaciones enteras.
    ed2k://%7Cfile%7CLos.Piojos.Ultimo.Ritual.River.2025.Full.%5BMega%5D.(Emule.via.clan-sudamerica.net).mkv%7C4361092240%7C296E8D7B34857B89A9C2347C11A8A6C9%7Ch=JZHGROUKMZIG24UJTDTCTXE6I6VW2EBQ%7C/
    visto por el clan-sudamerica
    #rock #rockargentino #lospiojos #elinks #clansudamerica