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lazygamer:
Im wondering what browser and compression program to grab for Linux?

Definitly not IE of course.  ;)

I've used Opera before. So what about Opera VS Netscape VS everyone else?

As for compression utilities, it would seem simple. I was wondering if anyone has heard of a format that has much greater compression then .zip. Time is probably not an issue. Also, what format has the best combo between speed and compression?

Master of Reality:
Mozilla is the best browser I have used.... in X. But i would have to say I like Lynx as a console browser (i'm using it right now).
Linux comes with all the compression utilities standard. It include gzip, zip, bzip2, tar (archiving thing or something, actually).

sporkme:
some builds come with mozilla or netscape

Calum:
mozilla and netscape came with my mandrake 8.2 distro, as they do with most userfriendly ones. in addition to those zip programs already mentioned (which are compatible with pkzip style windows zip files) you can also get a program called 'rar' for linux which is compatible with WinRAR and MacRAR, and which boasts sometimes 25% more compression than a zip file. There's no graphical frontend for the linux version like there is for windows and mac, but it's really easy to use.

Pantso:
I'm using either Mozilla and Opera or sometimes Konqueror. I like all three of them but I have particularly fond of Mozilla. what can I say, I love this browser. As for a console (text) browser I'm also using Lynx ( a bit archaic for modern standards but an overall great and really really fast browser). I hate Netscape though and it seems that I've hated even more since AOL took them over. It's a great thing they released their source code though so that we can now enjoy Mozilla   ;)  .

About the compressioon utilities, I agree with the aforementioned. Every distro comes with a complete set of compression utilities like gzip, bzip, zip, tar (tape archiving) etc. What's great in Linux is that you can REALLY compress a file by tape archiving it (giving it the *.tar extension) and then zipping it further. That's why you'll come across a lot of files that use the *.tar.gz or bz extension).

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