What is NetSurf FOR LINUX?

NetSurf FOR LINUX

NetSurf is an open source, graphical, free, multiplatform, and portable software. It serves as a web browser for UNIX-like operating systems, including GNU/Linux, and especially RISC OS. The browser is known for its speed, innovative interface, lean requirements, and standards compliance.

Key Features

• Support for HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1 web technologies


• Support for various image file formats: JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and MNG


• Secure HTTP transactions via the HTTPS protocol


• Lightweight and low resource consumption


• Unicode encoding support for displayed text


• Web page thumbnailing, local history trees, URL completion


• Support for scale view


• Constant development and evolution

RISC OS Features

RISC OS exclusive features include support for ArtWorks, Sprite, and Drawfile image file formats, as well as the ability to export web documents to the Drawfile format. NetSurf was honored with the "Best non-commercial product of the year" RISC OS Awards in 2012/2013.

Detailed installation instructions for NetSurf can be found on the project's homepage for each supported operating system. The browser boasts a graphical user interface similar to Mozilla Firefox, providing basic web navigation functions, bookmarking, a download manager, developer tools, full-screen mode, search engines, theme support, privacy settings, and a built-in PDF viewer.

NetSurf is officially supported on various Unixes, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Amiga OS, Haiku, BeOS, Atari, and Mac OS X. It runs successfully on computers supporting 64-bit or 32-bit hardware architectures.

For more information or to download NetSurf FOR LINUX, visit The NetSurf Developers.

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