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3 Relatively Unknown FOSS Web Browsers For Linux Browser wars has been going on for more than a decade now and yet, there are no signs of a let down by any parties involved. In fact, things are only hotting up with the big three competing tooth and nail to become the leader of the pack. But thats not the entire story. A host of niche players are also in the market which are equally good and sometimes even better. Here, well discuss 3 superb free and open source web browsers youve probably never heard about. Slimjet: Slimjet is a web browser based on  Blink engine. It is built on top of Chromium open source project and has been very fast and stable in my experience. Some salient features worth mentioning include the following: A full-featured form filler that replaces the basic password manager in Chrome, fully customisable toolbar, facebook integration, youtube video downloader (can also convert videos to mp3), and instant photo upload with automatic image compression. But its bigg...

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