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Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is included as the default browser on most Linux distributions. It is always a safe choice if you are looking for a web browser to start using.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu:
$ sudo snap install firefox
Debian, Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt install firefox
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install firefox
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S firefox
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Chromium
Essentially, Chromium is just Google Chrome without the extra stuff (mostly proprietary and closed source) that was added by Google. It’s open source and even included as the default browser on some distros.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt install chromium-browser
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install chromium
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S chromium
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Google Chrome
Google Chrome is closed source and therefore usually a bit tricky to install on some distros, since it isn’t included in the default repos. However, it remains the most popular web browser in the world.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
$ sudo dnf localinstall ./google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
Arch Linux and Manjaro (from AUR):
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/google-chrome.git
$ cd google-chrome/
$ makepkg -s
$ sudo pacman -U --noconfirm google-chrome-*.xz
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Brave
Brave is based on Chromium and has a high focus on user privacy. It automatically blocks embedded ads and tracking cookies.
Installation Instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl
$ sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
$ echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install brave-browser
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
$ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
$ sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
$ sudo dnf install brave-browser
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S brave-browser
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Opera
Opera is a web browser based on the Chromium project. While not as popular as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, it has been around a lot longer than both of them and offers a great web browsing experience with its sleek user interface.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ wget -qO- https://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free"
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install opera-stable
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ 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 dnf install opera-stable
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S opera
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SeaMonkey
SeaMonkey shares a lot of the same code as Mozilla Firefox, therefore offers a similar browsing experience. It also comes with a suite of other applications, like an email client.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ echo -e "\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install seamonkey-mozilla-build
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install seamonkey
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S seamonkey
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Vivaldi
Vivaldi is based on Chromium but adds many of its own proprietary features. It was founded by the former Opera co-founder and is largely a response to the direction Opera has turned to in recent years.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
First, download from Vivaldi.com
$ sudo apt install ./vivaldi-*.deb
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
First, download from Vivaldi.com
$ sudo dnf localinstall ./vivaldi-*.rpm
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S vivaldi
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Tor
For anyone looking to protect their privacy online, Tor is an invaluable tool. Tor works by routing your computer’s internet traffic through their own network. This way, you can still access online resources as usual, but your network traffic appears to originate from the Tor network, your IP address remains hidden, and your data is encrypted in the process. With Tor, you can also access .onion domain names, and access the infamous dark web.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt install tor
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install tor
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S tor
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Lynx
Lynx is a text based web browser. While not practical to use as your principal web browser, it does work well whenever you need to pull up a website from the command line terminal. For example, on a server that does not have a GUI installed.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
$ sudo apt install lynx
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
$ sudo dnf install lynx
Arch Linux and Manjaro:
$ sudo pacman -S lynx
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Microsoft Edge
Many would think it an odd choice to use a Mircrosoft’s flagship web browser on Linux. But, maybe some developers would want it in order to test compatibility with some website they are working on.
Installation instructions:
Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
First, download Edge from Microsoft.com
$ sudo apt install ./microsoft-edge-*.deb
Fedora, Red Hat, AlmaLinux, Centos:
First, download Edge from Microsoft.com
$ sudo dnf localinstall ./microsoft-edge-*.rpm
In this tutorial, we saw a list of browsers available for Linux, as well as instructions on how to install various web browsers on a Linux system. There are definitely a lot of choices available, so Linux users can get exactly what they want in their web browser. If you think we missed one, feel free to leave it in the comments below.