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- | A good web browser to use on a text-only command line is lynx. You can give it an URL to read on the command line, like this: '' | + | A good web browser to use on a text-only command line is lynx. You can give it an URL to read on the command line, like this: '' |
Unless the unix system where you have an account is very trusting, you probably cannot run a graphical web browser on it. Technically it can be done using the graphical system called X (which is common on unices), setting permissions with the xhost program, & setting your DISPLAY environment variable, but it usually is not allowed on a public access unix. | Unless the unix system where you have an account is very trusting, you probably cannot run a graphical web browser on it. Technically it can be done using the graphical system called X (which is common on unices), setting permissions with the xhost program, & setting your DISPLAY environment variable, but it usually is not allowed on a public access unix. |