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Using the Links web browser

Text-based browser. Good for testing a site to ensure that it reads well without JavaScript and CSS. And a good way to view the web quickly.

sudo apt-get install links

From the man page:

links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser

I began using the lynx web browser in 1996. I installed a text-based web browser on Vax/VMS, and it may have been lynx.

As of Sat, Apr 23, 2016, I'm still using the following Links browser on my home Linux computer:

  • Links 2.7

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