At the moment, I have Opera and Iceape (the default browser). I don't particularly like either one.

Iceape is slow, but I'm using it for anything other than Facebook. As slow as Iceape is, at least the xul-ext-noscript and xul-ext-flashblock work so that my whole computer doesn't freeze up due to unwanted Flash animations and scripts. The second flaw of Iceape is the fact that not everything I do in Facebook (like writing messages in certain places) works.

I use Opera for Facebook, as everything just works. I also like the fact that it's faster than Iceape when NOT burdened by unwanted Flash animations and scripts. However, it freezes up just like any other browser when overburdened by the speed bumps on the Information Superhighway. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything in the repository to stop the unwanted Flash animations and scripts. I did add the list of sites to block, but even that doesn't seem to be enough.

I tried to install Firefox 3.5.6-2 from the repository, but Synaptic refuses to let me do so.due to a dependency on xulrunner-1.9.1.

So what web browser do you use that blocks unwanted Flash animations and other scripts?

If you want Firefox, then install Iceweasel. Also you may try to block annoying things in Opera by right-clicking on an empty space in the background and choosing 'block element'.
In antiX I've been using almost exclusively Iceape. Sometimes when a video doesn't work from a page I may download and view it with Miro, but that could be done with VideoDownloadHelper in Iceweasel (don't know if this extension works with Iceape).

In Debian Sid I use mainly Chrome and Iceweasel, and Epiphany sometimes.

So what web browser do you use that blocks unwanted Flash animations and other scripts?

Iceape and Opera

You just need to edit /etc/hosts file. Thats it. I run this on 256mb ram IBM a22 Laptop. Runs fast when my connection is OK. add this to the bottom of /etc/hosts file (only if you have 127.0.0.1 in your /etc/hosts file to begin with) This file of mine is just too big to post.

Make a backup of /etc/hosts first before applying any changes. as root
That should make a /etc/hosts_original file. That is your backup.



Then insert my entries into the bottom of your /etc/hosts. Be sure to shut down and restart browsers before anything will take effect.

I don't know where you got yours from, roky. But this is a good source too:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx"
linktext was:"http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx"
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Warning: never copy the hosts file directly but instead copy and paste its contents, preserving the original /etc/hosts heading.

secipolla wrote:I don't know where you got yours from, roky. But this is a good source too:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx"
linktext was:"http://msmvps.com/blogs/hostsnews/default.aspx"
====================================


Warning: never copy the hosts file directly but instead copy and paste its contents, preserving the original /etc/hosts heading.

Just downloaded June 3rd zip from your link. Uncompressed in pcmanfm 0.9.7 __{{emoticon}}__

Noticed all the commented out Windows references. Left them there and made a backup of my other modified /etc/hosts file first.

Then edited the /etc/hosts file with the new entries. Using it now. So far so good.
I don't remember where I got my previous one from. Worked OK. But your Link looks more current so I am trying it out. Happy Trails, Rok

I get good performance with Iceape (a.k.a. the Debian branded version of Seamonkey, the community based Mozilla Internet Suite). I've also installed Mozilla Prism, which is Mozilla's Web application program. I have created an application instance for this forum, for instance, and also for Google GMail, Yahoo Mail, and a couple of Web based forums.

Here's a script that should automatically edit /etc/hosts adding a mix of several sources:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=59290&start=15"
linktext was:"http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 0&start=15"
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Should work in antiX, that has gtkdialog.
gtkdialog is already deprecated in Debian (been replaced by zenity) and there's a new modern light dialog app called
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url was:"http://code.google.com/p/yad/"
linktext was:"yad"
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. It's not packaged in Debian yet but could be an alternative to use for antiX's apps.

In reply to secipolla"If you want Firefox, then install Iceweasel"

I tried to mark Iceweasel for install and got the same error about xlrunner as firefox gives.

To masinick,"I've also installed Mozilla Prism, which is Mozilla's Web application program."

How did you install Mozilla Prism? It's not showing up in Synaptic Package Manager for me.

Now that I know dpkg -i is the way to install .deb files, I use Google Chrome. I would use Firefox or Iceweasel, but they just won't install properly. Google Chrome is fast and after Firefox it's the most compatible with what I do on the Internet. Use fluxbox (press f1 on login) instead of icewm and everything will work faster too.

colinkeenan, we have the exoodles script that can run from the cli. This can install google-chrome without much fuss. I too like chrome for most of my browsing needs. also ditto on the fluxbox.