RE: low memory web browsers
BY: All

it seems microsoft is making windows 32 bit unsustainable where they drive us to the 64 bit version. I am wondering if there is any good low memory friendly web browsers aside from using a text browser.


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On 27/09/2020 1:19 p.m., Matt Munson : All wrote:

it seems microsoft is making windows 32 bit unsustainable
where they drive us to the 64 bit version. I am wondering
if there is any good low memory friendly web browsers
aside from using a text browser.

32-bit will be a problem in 2038. MS has not purposely planned it
that way. It will affect all 32-bit OSes. I don't expect to have
any 32-bit pcs operating at that time. But it may affect the folks
who engage in retro/vintage computing.


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On 27 Sep 2020, Matt Munson said the following...

I am wondering if there is any good low memory friendly web browsers
aside from using a text browser.

I would give Opera or Firefox a try.

Depending on which site you read, one of these two always wins out over
Chrome.

That being said, you may also want to give the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium a try. I've been seeing some interesting benchmarks for this
browser:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/

Jay

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it seems microsoft is making windows 32 bit unsustainable where they drive us
to the 64 bit version. I am wondering if there is any good low memory friendly
web browsers aside from using a text browser.

I've been wanting to try out the new Chromium based browser from the
makers (Piriform.com) of CCleaner, Dfraggler, Speccy, and Recuva but I
haven't had the time. Let us know your results if you give it a try.

No ads
No tracking
No junk
Built-in security

https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/browser

I don't know why they don't mention it on their website of products.
I don't know if it's 32/64bit they don't mention that.

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it seems microsoft is making windows 32 bit unsustainable where they drive us >to the 64 bit version. I am wondering if there is any good low memory friendly >web browsers aside from using a text browser.

Is there a links2 version for Windows? I use it on a linux machine. There
are some things it does not handle well, but it will render more than just text. Like I can go to the google home page and not notice much of a difference between it on links2 and it on chrome (other than some of the "advertising" type plugin stuff does not show up, which I like). It will display the doodles, for example.

OTOH, I am pretty sure it does not work with youtube.

Mike


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Re: low memory web browsers
By: Mike Powell to MATT MUNSON on Mon Sep 28 2020 15:23:00

Is there a links2 version for Windows? I use it on a linux machine. There are some things it does not handle well, but it will render more than just text.

Yes, there is a links2 for Windows: http://links.twibright.com/download/binaries/win32/

For Youtube, you can use VLC and Youtube-dl: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

-Ben
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RE: Re: low memory web browsers
BY: August Abolins(2:221/360)

32-bit will be a problem in 2038. MS has not purposely planned it
that way. It will affect all 32-bit OSes. I don't expect to have
any 32-bit pcs operating at that time. But it may affect the folks
who engage in retro/vintage computing.

We'll likely need 64 bit OS2 :)


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Hello Matt!

28 Sep 2020 21:30, Matt Munson wrote to August Abolins:

any 32-bit pcs operating at that time. But it may affect the folks
who engage in retro/vintage computing.

We'll likely need 64 bit OS2 :)

or linux ?


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