Dillo 3.1.0 finally released after 9 years! (dillo-browser.github.io)
from lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2024 10:07
https://lemmy.ml/post/15269588

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15269587

Dillo is a fast and small graphical web browser with HTTP, HTTPS and FTP support.

Other protocols like #Gemini #Gopher and #Spartan are available via plugins.

Dillo is on Fediverse : fosstodon.org/@dillo

UPDATE, available on Arch Linux now : archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/dillo

#linux

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swooosh@lemmy.world on 05 May 2024 10:35 next collapse

No idea what it is but this wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t open source. Cool!

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2024 10:41 collapse

Dillo browser’s original project goal was to provide a web browser for people with slow Internet connection.

Here some screenshots of Dillo browser on a phone and how the developer did that :

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 05 May 2024 10:47 collapse

And here’s a screenshot of Dillo (and some other apps) running on a modern Samsung phone (Galaxy Fold 4) :)

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.nz/pictrs/image/06550c17-1446-4acc-988f-9541fea12dc4.png">

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2024 11:00 next collapse

Stunning - EDIT: The Android and Dillo browser part I meant!

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 05 May 2024 13:32 next collapse

This is…a travesty

Ajzak@lemm.ee on 05 May 2024 16:50 next collapse

I need a step by step guide on how you did this good sir.

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2024 17:02 next collapse

The screen shot has a document Xubuntu -> Chicago95 open which appears to be related to this :

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 05 May 2024 21:08 collapse

What @lemmyreader said, except this is XFCE installed directly on Termux (and accessed via Termux-X11, a native X server for Android). No *buntu involved here. If you have an Android as well, you can set all this up (minus the actual Chicago95 theme) using this script.

Ajzak@lemm.ee on 06 May 2024 13:24 collapse

damn I didn’t even think of running a de on termux, thanks! Now I’m stuck here wishing xiaomi would actually allow one phone to have usb c 3.0

mvirts@lemmy.world on 06 May 2024 17:09 collapse

Username checks out

JetpackJackson@feddit.de on 05 May 2024 10:41 next collapse

“Welcome to Team Fortress 2 Dillo. After 9 years in development, hopefully it would have been worth the wait.”

(I’m gonna try it, it seems neat)

palordrolap@kbin.social on 05 May 2024 13:09 next collapse

This is pretty big if it has a completely separate browser rendering engine to the two remaining families, even if the feature set is small.

The more current alternatives we have, the better.

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 05 May 2024 13:24 collapse

3 remaining families, WebKit, gecko and chromium

LeFantome@programming.dev on 05 May 2024 13:59 next collapse

There is also Ladybird :

ladybird.dev

Ladybird is the only browser engine not financially dependent on Google.

It is early days but already becoming usable. I use it to browse sites like OSnews, Hacker News, and LWN.net and it already works pretty well for those.

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 05 May 2024 15:23 next collapse

I shouldve specified “major” families

scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 May 2024 21:08 collapse

There’s also servo.

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 05 May 2024 21:26 collapse
palordrolap@kbin.social on 05 May 2024 20:41 collapse

I was counting WebKit and Blink (Chromium) as cousins, both descendents of KHTML, but maybe they've diverged enough as to not easily be able to borrow from each other any more and it really is three.

YerbaYerba@lemm.ee on 05 May 2024 20:57 collapse

I have fond memories of using dillo running on DSL live cd.