Midori Browser
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@hacktheworld - that was never going to work, you need to seriously learn a lot more about basic Linux operations.
Midori works fine in Kali.
If you download a file ending with .deb , you need to install it first before you can run the app.
There are a number of ways you can do this, I will list two here.
OPTION 1
- Install gdebi if it is not already installed (needs to be with Kali)
Code:
sudo apt install gdebi - Open your File Manager and navigate to the folder where the downloaded .deb is located - Downloads in your case.
- Right click the file and choose "Install with gdebi"
- Following the success of that, Midori will appear in your Menu, under Internet
OPTION 2
- In the Terminal, issue the following commands
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Code:
cd Downloads sudo dpkg -i midori_11.5_amd64.deb - Following the success of that, Midori will appear in your Menu, under Internet
Once Midori is installed, you can invoke it from Terminal, but it will also generate a terminal text window that raises more questions for you than it answers, as seen in my screenshot below.
... so you would be better to either launch it from your Menu, or else find it in the Menu and add it to your Panel on the Desktop.
Wizard
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@hacktheworld - that was never going to work, you need to seriously learn a lot more about basic Linux operations.
Midori works fine in Kali.
If you download a file ending with .deb , you need to install it first before you can run the app.
There are a number of ways you can do this, I will list two here.
OPTION 1
- Install gdebi if it is not already installed (needs to be with Kali)
Code:sudo apt install gdebi- Open your File Manager and navigate to the folder where the downloaded .deb is located - Downloads in your case.
- Right click the file and choose "Install with gdebi"
- Following the success of that, Midori will appear in your Menu, under Internet
OPTION 2
You can also use apt to install it.
- In the Terminal, issue the following commands
cd Downloads sudo dpkg -i midori_11.5_amd64.deb- Following the success of that, Midori will appear in your Menu, under Internet
Once Midori is installed, you can invoke it from Terminal, but it will also generate a terminal text window that raises more questions for you than it answers, as seen in my screenshot below.
... so you would be better to either launch it from your Menu, or else find it in the Menu and add it to your Panel on the Desktop.
Wizard
I had already tried with sudo dpkg -i [file name] but I couldn't install Midori on Kali, so I'll try to install it with gdebi.
I'll let you know
Thank you
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I tried both ways, the icon appears but the browser does not start.
Typing Midori on the terminal the output is this:
─$ midori
zsh: illegal hardware instruction midori
Typing Midori on the terminal the output is this:
─$ midori
zsh: illegal hardware instruction midori
What cpu architecture is that system? Can you share the output of the following to check something?
Code:
lscpu | head -n2
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That's not it then. What happens when you switch to a bash shell.
So run "bash" from your "zsh", that will give you a bash shell. What happens then when you try and start Midori from the command-line?
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Nothing happens it always gives me the same output:
─$ midori
zsh: illegal hardware instruction midori
I will report the case to Astian
That's still showing your are trying to launch it with "zsh", but okay. I installed a vm with Kali and it launches there, even when using zsh. Must be something odd then.
@hacktheworld
I don't know anything about Kali Linux although give the Midori tar file a try and see what happens.
Download the file and then extract it.
It will create a folder.
Open that folder and hunt for the icon marked "Midori" and create a desktop system link.
I don't know anything about Kali Linux although give the Midori tar file a try and see what happens.
Download the file and then extract it.
It will create a folder.
Open that folder and hunt for the icon marked "Midori" and create a desktop system link.
Alright, I took the bait. Or CoolAid or whatever.
I'm not that much of a browser guy when it comes to testing things and trying new browsers because the internet says so.
I'm quite ok with my 2 choices: Plain old Firefox (always firejailed) and Mullvad.
Then I saw this topic and remembered running Midori on Puppy, many moons ago. And it ran fantastically. So out of sheer curiosity I installed Midori on Mint just now and from tomorrow I will use it as my daily browser. For a week.
Hopefully the experience will be as satisfactory as it was since the last time I used it.
Will keep you posted.
I'm not that much of a browser guy when it comes to testing things and trying new browsers because the internet says so.
I'm quite ok with my 2 choices: Plain old Firefox (always firejailed) and Mullvad.
Then I saw this topic and remembered running Midori on Puppy, many moons ago. And it ran fantastically. So out of sheer curiosity I installed Midori on Mint just now and from tomorrow I will use it as my daily browser. For a week.
Hopefully the experience will be as satisfactory as it was since the last time I used it.
Will keep you posted.
Midori has worn a lot of faces over the years. These days, they're a bit of a Floorp clone. There's a Floorp thread somewhere around here. But, Midori and Floorp have some combined resources.
I knew I'd read this somewhere but couldn't find it on Midori's horribly broken site. So many of the pages don't load content and at least one spits out pure gibberish. So, I did some digging - 'cause I was pretty sure I wasn't insane and that I read it before.
They mention it on their GitHub project page:
GitHub - goastian/midori-desktop: Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy.
Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy. - goastian/midori-desktop
github.com
So I noticed, thought it looked 'familiar'. Not a fan of Floorp.
Nevertheless, giving it a fair shot.
Floorp is in my 'meh' category. It doesn't excite me. It doesn't irritate me. I could quickly and easily configure it to my liking, which was nice. It did a good job at assuming a dark theme based on my system's theme. I can't complain about that.
I'm a bit of a browser fan, for wont of a better word. I've tried them all, pretty much. There are very few browsers that I've not tried and that's generally because I've never heard of them. Odds are pretty good that I have heard of them and have their browser installed on at least one computer.
I like looking into different browsers. I use multiple browsers as a way to keep things organized and compartmentalized. If you're a fan of reducing some of the online tracking, that's one route you can take - especially with a VPN. (As an aside, I often use my home system as a VPN when I'm not home for any length of time.)
Also, I just noticed something...
The Midori maintainer (when you look into the .deb file) has 'puppylinux' in their email address. It's 'puppylinuxjosejp*numbers*' as their email address. Huh...
^^THIS!
Yeah, that was weird when I saw that. Went a bit WTH on that one.
I see why people would like to try browsers to see what's what. I stick to what works for me and unless there is a slight change of possible improvement on the current situation, I'd be hard to press to try and even bother.
That doesn't mean that other browsers are out there are better or worse. To each their own and that's a good thing.
What works best to suit your needs wins.
Absolutely.
What works best to suit your needs wins.
I didn't even share the browsers I use, as it's just a matter of what I prefer. If asked, I'll share my preferences but the browsers I use are not my identity and I don't need others to agree with me. I don't need external validation.
I'm a bit obsessive about it. I only know the tagline but it's like those Pokemon things - I gotta catch 'em all.
While I've done so less often lately, I also enjoy spinning up various distros in a VM. Like, all of 'em...
I don't actually plan on changing the distros I use, I just like to see the different distros. It is entertainment more so than it is education. I just like to poke at new things, sort of like a buffet.
Anyhow, I assume they're into Puppy Linux. They like it well enough to use it in their email address. I didn't look but they might be active under a similar username at the Puppy forums.
Can totally relate on the 'obsession' part. My pet peeve is 'containment'.
(getting off-topic here)
Isn't Midori originally developed for Puppy and later became available for other platforms?
We're discussing Midori and I'm terribly lax about off-topic stuff unless it derails the thread. I just let people go because sometimes a tangential topic is valuable information or leads to good discussion.
Anyhow...
Midori has worn many faces. It has been developed, stopped, picked up again, developed, stopped, etc...
The Wikipedia article is hot garbage.
They have this to say:
They go back as far as 2007, according to the Wikipedia article. The name has been used on a number of incarnations and has had sporadic development by different groups of people over the years.
The 'reception' part of the Wikipedia article is illuminating. I'm not quite sure how many times it has been put away and then revamped by new people. I doubt few people in the original project have anything to do with the current development. There might not be anyone at all.
For example:
GitHub - shmup/midori: Midori Web Browser - a lightweight, fast and free web browser using WebKit and GTK+
Midori Web Browser - a lightweight, fast and free web browser using WebKit and GTK+ - shmup/midori
github.com
And:
GitHub - goastian/midori-desktop: Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy.
Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy. - goastian/midori-desktop
github.com
Those are two different projects for the same browser, each under control of different people and the first one no longer being developed.
I want to say they're now the 3rd or 4th group of people to take over the Midori name.
Thanks for that!We're discussing Midori and I'm terribly lax about off-topic stuff unless it derails the thread. I just let people go because sometimes a tangential topic is valuable information or leads to good discussion.
Anyhow...
Midori has worn many faces. It has been developed, stopped, picked up again, developed, stopped, etc...
The Wikipedia article is hot garbage.
They have this to say:
They go back as far as 2007, according to the Wikipedia article. The name has been used on a number of incarnations and has had sporadic development by different groups of people over the years.
The 'reception' part of the Wikipedia article is illuminating. I'm not quite sure how many times it has been put away and then revamped by new people. I doubt few people in the original project have anything to do with the current development. There might not be anyone at all.
For example:
GitHub - shmup/midori: Midori Web Browser - a lightweight, fast and free web browser using WebKit and GTK+
Midori Web Browser - a lightweight, fast and free web browser using WebKit and GTK+ - shmup/midori
And:
GitHub - goastian/midori-desktop: Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy.
Midori for Windows, Linux & Mac, web browser focused on lightness and privacy. - goastian/midori-desktop
Those are two different projects for the same browser, each under control of different people and the first one no longer being developed.
I want to say they're now the 3rd or 4th group of people to take over the Midori name.
That resume is sort of what I remembered from yesteryear.
It's not what I've installed today albeit baring the same name.
Anyway. One week, starting tomorrow. Fair shot.
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