Konqueror - Konqueror - Web Browser, File Manager - and more!

#7 of 9 marked pages on the trail Alternative Web Browsers by rowanrook
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File Manager Icon Konqueror is the file manager for the K Desktop Environment. It supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced remote and local network file browsing.
 Gear Icon Konqueror is the canvas for all the latest KDE technology, from KIO slaves (which provide mechanisms for file access) to component embedding via the KParts object interface, and it is one of the most customizable applications available.
 Web Icon Konqueror is an Open Source web browser with HTML 4.01 compliance, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, as well as Netscape plugins (for example, Flash or RealVideo plugins).
Viewer Icon Konqueror is a universal viewing application, capable of embedding read-only viewing components in itself to view documents without ever launching another application. Download Konqueror
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It's a Linux Thing. Konqueror will run on GNOME too, with certain dependancies. You can install it through Synaptic or apt. Konqueror can be extended with plugins; however there are not as many as for Firefox. Still, this is a nice app for folks who don't care about running a ton of extensions.
Posted at 15:56 on 2007-11-03 by rowanrook