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Introducing UNIX and Linux


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Overview
Programming languages
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Document Preparation
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Other Software
Useful Resources
      Web Tools
      Network Tools
Summary

Web Tools

It is almost essential now to be able to browse the web, and several web browsers and servers are easily available, as listed here. All of the web broswers listed, with the exception of Lynx, are "fully functional", though the look-and-feel varies considerably.

Resource Further information Description
Mozilla www.mozilla.org An open-source web browser which includes a powerful email client.
Netscape www.netscape.com The most common web browser for UNIX and Linux, which uses much of Mozilla's code.
Opera www.opera.com A newer entrant to the web browser market - a free version is available for Linux.
Konqueror www.konqueror.org An Open Source web browser distributed with KDE.
Galeon galeon.sourceforge.net An Open Source web browser distributed with GNOME, and which shares some of its code with Mozilla.
Lynx lynx.browser.org A text-only web browser, useful if you have a slow Internet connection.
Apache www.apache.org An Open Source web server, which will allow you to host and serve web pages from your own system.

Copyright © 2002 Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis and Michael Luck