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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: ''lynx http://lisp-p.org/'' or ''lynx http://google.com/''. Use the Space bar to page down, the ''b'' key to page up, the arrow keys to select hyperlinks, & the Return or Enter key to follow a hyperlink. Use the ''q'' key to quit.+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: ''lynx <nowiki>http://lisp-p.org/</nowiki>'' or ''lynx <nowiki>http://google.com/</nowiki>''. Use the Space bar to page down, the ''b'' key to page up, the arrow keys to select hyperlinks, & the Return or Enter key to follow a hyperlink. Use the ''q'' key to quit.
  
 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.