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Home > Article > 7 best Linux web browsers for 2022

7 best Linux web browsers for 2022

Take a closer look at the 7 best web browsers especially popular among the Linux community and the commands needed to install them.

Erdem Yasar by Erdem Yasar
December 28, 2021
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Web browsers are one of the most crucial and most frequently used software in our daily life, since their introduction in 1991. They also determine the quality of users’ web browsing experience. There are various web browsers developed by both open-source organizations and tech giants. Web browsers are trying to attract users with the unique features they provide. Let’s take a closer look at web browsers loved by the Linux community.

Table of Contents

  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Opera
  • Chromium
  • GNOME Web
  • Midori
  • Konqueror

Firefox

FirefoxFirefox is one of the most popular web browsers for all operating systems, including, OS X, Linux, Solaris, Windows, Android. Firefox is an open-source project and released under MPL2.0 License, Mozilla Public License Version 2.0. It is seen as the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator and uses the Gecko web engine. Firefox allows users to customize their web browsing experience with thousands of plugins created by third parties. Firefox comes pre-installed with many popular Linux distributions.

How to install Firefox on Ubuntu/Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox

How to install Firefox on Fedora

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install firefox

How to install Firefox on RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux

cd /opt
sudo wget https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/72.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-72.0.tar.bz2
sudo tar xfj firefox-72.0.tar.bz2 
/opt/firefox/firefox

Chrome

ChromeChome, developed by tech giant Google, is the most popular web browser. Originally it was launched for Microsoft Windows 2008, then ported to various other operating systems, including, Linux, Mac OS, iOS, and Android. Chrome is a Chromium fork, written mostly in C++ and it uses a Blink browsing engine. Chome is known for its performance, safety, and stability and allows users to add plugins via Google Web Store to customize the browser. Chrome is also the main component of Chrome OS, a Gentoo Linux-based OS designed by Google.

How to install Chrome on Ubuntu/Linux Mint

sudo apt update
sudo apt install wget
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

How to install Chrome on Fedora

sudo dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable -y

How to install Chrome on RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux

# cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
EOF
# yum install google-chrome-stable

Opera

OperaOpera is also a multi-platform, chromium-based web browser, developed by Opera Software. It supports Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux. Opera Software also released Opera Mobile and Opera Mini versions of the browser to suit changing user needs. Opera is one of the oldest web browsers. The first version of Opera Browser was released in 1995. In 2013, Opera decided to switch from the Presto layout engine to Chromium. Opera is also known for its unique features including Workspaces, allowing users to organize tabs in groups and a free VPN service.

How to install Opera on Ubuntu/Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install opera-stable

How to install Opera on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux

$ sudo rpm --import https://rpm.opera.com/rpmrepo.key
$ sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/opera.repo <<RPMREPO
[opera]
name=Opera packages
type=rpm-md
baseurl=https://rpm.opera.com/rpm
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://rpm.opera.com/rpmrepo.key
enabled=1
RPMREPO
$ sudo yum -y install opera-stable

Chromium

ChromiumChromium is a lightweight and fast web browser available for Linux, Windows, OS X, and Android. It is mostly written in C++ and an open-source codebase for many other popular web browsers, including the most popular web browser, Chrome. Chromium is principally developed and maintained by Google. The entirely free and open-source project was initially released in 2008. Chromium has an extremely simple user interface and it is one of the most lightweight web browsers, as intended.

How to install Chromium on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium-browser

How to install Chromium on Fedora

sudo dnf install chromium

GNOME Web

GNOME WebThe free and open-source web browser, GNOME Web was originally a fork of Galeon and it was called Epiphany until 2012. GNOME Web is currently developed by the GNOME project. It was using the Geeko engine until version 2.20, then decided to switch to the WebKitGTK+ engine. It features full integration with GNOME features including GNOME Network Manager, GNOME printer but has no dependency on GNOME components. GNOME Web’s initial release was in 2002, making it almost one of the oldest web browsers.

How to install GNOME Web on Ubuntu

sudo app-get update
sudo app-get install epiphany-browser

How to install GNOME Web on Linux

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install epiphany

Midori

MidoriMidori, which means “green” in Japanese, is an open-source web browser, initially released in 2007. Midori is available in Linux, Android, Windows, macOS. It is developed in Vala and C and was a part of the Xfce desktop environment’s Goodies component. After its merger with the Astian Foundation in 2019, Midori switched to WebKit2GTK. It is the default browser of Manjaro Linux, elementary OS, SliTaz Linux, Bodhi Linux, Trisqel Mini, SystemRescue CD. Midori’s last stable release was published in July of 2019.

How to install Midori on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install midori

How to install Midori on Linux

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install midori

Konqueror

KonquerorKonqueror is not only a free and open-source web browser but also a file manager that provides web access. It is developed by volunteers and is a core part of the KDE Software Compilation. With its initial release in 1996, it is also very old. Its name includes a reference to its competitors, Navigator and Explorer. But instead of Conqueror, the team decided to name is Konqueror as a tradition that KDE programs begin with the letter K. Konqueror is developed in C++(Qt) and available for Linux and Windows. It is distributed under the GPLv2 license.

How to install Konqueror on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint

sudo app-get update
sudo apt install konqueror

How to install Konqueror on Fedora

sudo dnf install konqueror
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Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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  1. guibus says:
    1 week ago

    the best of the best : vivaldi, created by the founder of Opera.

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