3/27/2023 0 Comments Qupzilla appimage download![]() My work around is just to use Firefox but it would be pretty great if Falkon could do this. These are actually the largest of issues for me with Falkon. I can’t do one-click install from the openSUSE Software Site and Telegram invite links will also not work in Falkon. This would be a nice function to add and would basically make Falkon almost “feature complete”. I did some searching and couldn’t find any discussion on it but admittedly, I didn’t search very hard. KDE Plasma Browser Integration is not an option but maybe will be in the future. This is another “entertainment” activity, of which I am not generally using Falkon for anyway. I can’t watch Netflix with Falkon as it doesn’t have the DRM Extension capability and there isn’t an extension that you can load to add the functionality. I’m still a fan of Flash… I might be the only one… ![]() Most of the flash media on the web has seemingly disappeared. That means I use Firefox or Chrome to watch videos. It doesn’t do Flash but that isn’t such a big deal today. I particularly like the interface but it is nothing that Chrome or Firefox are lacking. There are some other options in the preferences if you want to make it look less good, if that is what you are most accustomed.īrowser history and bookmark manager are also what you would expect from any modern browser. Visually, this is exactly how I want my desktop and browser to be which is fantastic. It fits in well with my desktop theme and has a pleasantly minimal look about it with few buttons and just feels clean. I would consider this the best ad blocker but it filters out much of the cruft.įalkon looks great with a KDE Dark Theme. I leave the ad blocker on but turn it off for sites I use that depend on advertising dollars. Also, when using Falkon to post comments or create blathering pages (like this one), it doesn’t bog down over time.įalkon comes with a built in ad blocker that can be turned off for sites as you wish with a click of the mouse. Much less an issue with today’s browsers but some time ago, this has been an issue with lesser known browsers. Sure, if you are running a big, beefy rig with 32 GiB of RAM, this isn’t an issue but running lowered powered hardware, this is an issue.įalkon is very fast and renders pages without any noticeable artifacts. Somehow, Falkon is managing each tab as such that it doesn’t go all crazy over time. Even after having multiple tabs open for days, the memory doesn’t creep either. If you read nothing else, read this: The biggest and most important thing this browser does is general web browsing, many, many tabs with almost no appreciable hit to memory. ![]() They offer Windows binaries and an AppImage. If by some chance you don’t run openSUSE, check with your distribution’s software center or download it direct from Falkon here. I checked this time to be sure and it is available for both Leap and Tumbleweed… sure enough, it is in the official release repositories of both.įor the one-click method of install visit the openSUSE Software Site or alternatively, you can do it the fun and exciting terminal method ![]() Installationįalkon, like anything else, is easy to install from the openSUSE repositories. It uses the QtWebEngine which is based on Chromium but with any binary files and any auxiliary services that talk to Google platforms stripped out.įor the most part, I could exclusively use this browser but there are just a few things keeping Firefox open as my secondary browser. My solution that has been working out for a few months now is the Falkon Web Browser, formerly known as QupZilla, it is a low memory and resource browser that is peppy and renders pages as expected. My browser habits are as such that I am mostly using the web browser for research, gathering information and expanding my knowledge so very often, w3m is good enough for me most of the time but some sites just don’t read as well. A web browser is a tool that is pretty much indispensable for day to day work and annoyingly, over the last few years they have become more and more memory hungry. ![]()
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