Galeon pretty much the same thing, except it runs on Linux, not Windows. In our tests, the browser eats about half the RAM of Firefox 3, and renders pages using the same engine as Firefox 2, which means that some pages that look funny in Firefox 3 look better in Galeon, making the browser excellent companion piece of software.
Like K-Meleon, Galeon does not support add-ons, or Greasemonkey scripts. And it doesn't have some of the more useful features you can find in Firefox 3 like full page zoom.
There's no shortage of light weight web browser for Linux. But since Galeon can render any web page Firefox can, the browser is far more useful than other browsers such as Dillo or Konqueror.
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5-19-2008 @ 12:44PM
Paul Tan said...
Wasn't this posted here?
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/04/29/k-melon-its-like-firefox-without-the-bloat/
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5-19-2008 @ 12:45PM
Brad Linder said...
That post looks at K-Meleon, while the goal of this article was to take a closer look at Galeon. If you look, you'll see that I included a link to the older article in this one.
5-19-2008 @ 5:27PM
RP said...
I'm confused too -- what is the difference? One is for Linux, one is for Windows?
So basically 2 names for the same thing, a Linux name and a Windows name? Um, OK.
5-19-2008 @ 5:28PM
Brad Linder said...
No, they're two different programs that serve a similar purpose. Each uses the Firefox 2 rendering engine. But one program was built for Linux while the other was built for Windows. I'm not sure why that's confusing.
5-20-2008 @ 10:38AM
Paul Tan said...
Oh, that's right... think I misread.
5-19-2008 @ 5:17PM
alienvenom said...
Galeon + webkitgtk would be an awesome pair.
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