As we all know, we can do nothing without a web browser while surfing the Internet. As a necessary desktop application, everyone needs a proper browser and almost all desktop Linux distribution around can make browsers available.

A web browser allows users to view web pages which often contain a mixture of text, images, videos, and other multimedia. What’s more, nowadays some people hold the idea that we will do everything just through a browser rather than Windows perating system or others, which shows me the importance of browsers. Of course, among all browsers (popular or not) , there are many web browsers available for Linux. However, different users have different needs usually. For example, some people prefer Mozilla Firefox for it is packed with a large number of extensions. But other users don’t.

So, in order to provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 excellent web browsers. And I think you can find what browser you might need among them.

1. Firefox

Highly popular browser delivering safe, easy web browsing with various add-ons for all users.

Engine: Gecko

Company: Mozilla Corporation

License: MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/Mozilla EULA

2. Opera

Developed by Opera Software, an all-in-one solution for many surfers for its integrated bit-torent client, e-mail client, contact organiser and feed reader.

Engine: Presto

Company: Opera Software

License: Propriety

3. Chromium

Open-source project behind Google Chrome. Simple, fast, and convenient.

Engine: WebKit

Company: Google Inc.

License: MIT License,LGPL,Ms-PL,MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license

4. Konqueror

KDE 4’s advanced file manager, web browser and document viewer in KDE environment. Konqueror uses KHTML as it’s engine.

Engine: KHTML

Company: The KDE Team

License: GPL

5. Flock

Based on Firefox, but specializing in a niche about social networking and Web 2.0 facilities, such as Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, YouTube, Delicious, Picasa, Flickr, WordPress and so on.

Engine: Gecko

Company: Flock, Inc.

License: GPL mainly

Among the list of these browsers, opefully, there will be something of interest for all types of Linux users among the 5 free web browsers.

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