Browse without installing a browser: ioSwiftFox
- Thu Sep 6, 2007
- By Martin Kaba
- Filed under: Firefox, Linux Tips and Tricks
- 6 Comments
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For Linux Fans: This is unique, comes from the Linux world for the Linux world only. Have you ever seen a browser that runs directly from the RAM? It requires absolutely no installation and doesn’t even require root privileges to run for the first time. Presenting ioSwiftFox. Believe me, it is faster than Firefox and Swiftfox and also works with your existing Firefox extensions. ioSwiftFox is a recompilation of Firefox 2 for Infodomestic Objects Linux. It is developed and tested under Ubuntu Linux, and can be run with just one click without installation on your system.
To get ioSwiftFox up and running, Download the file and enter the following three commands into the terminal:
chmod +x ioSwiftFox2.0.0.6-xxx
./ioswiftfox
Please turn down Firefox open when you run ioSwiftFox for the first time.
You could also carry it around on your pendrive just like I do.
9:53 pm on September 7th, 2007
I don’t know if I need it cause I use Firefox from my pen drive. what do you think eh…
9:54 pm on September 7th, 2007
Wow, I use windows. I guess I’ll soon try Linux
9:57 pm on September 7th, 2007
Best wishes. you’re right its even faster and thinner than Firefox. I had tried it sometime ago.
8:54 pm on September 10th, 2007
just realized that is much easier to use Automatix2 to install and run it. It selects the best for your processor automatically and creates a launcher.
9:00 pm on September 10th, 2007
It would have been better if this project was on Windows so that those stuck into MS IE can use it.
2:16 pm on October 18th, 2007
[...] start, there is no need for a formal installation, it can be executed from a terminal just like the ioswiftfox [...]