Min, a minimalist, fast and low-resource web browser

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In the next article we will take a look at Min. This is a web browser developed for Mac OS X and Gnu / Linux. It is characterized by having a minimalist design providing speed in your operations and a high performance. It is characterized by responding instantly, obtaining the information provided by the search engine «DuckDuckGo» (by default).

This is a browser fast and efficient which has been designed to be fast and lightTherefore uses few resources and energy efficient, reducing battery consumption. It will allow us to go to any site using fuzzy search (through diffuse logic), getting suggestions before you start writing. Min is a project available on GitHub.

The browser incorporates an ad blocking that allows users to choose whether to view ads or not. In the same way, when a user has a limited connection, Min will allow scripts and images to be blocked, thus using less data, thereby increasing the loading speed of the pages. Min is not intended to compete with browsers with more developed features such as Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi or Opera.

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The application avoids advanced functions such as complementary frames or UI transitions among others. All this to be able to focus on the delivering a clean and straightforward web experience. While Min may not become your default web browserIt must be recognized that it is a good option not to get lost in distractions on the web.

General features of the web browser Min

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  • Min is written entirely with CSS and JavaScript using Electron.
  • We can find the program available on GitHub.
  • As default search engine it uses DuckDuckGo. Although others can be configured.
  • It provides us with a ad blocker. Min allows us to see ads or not. We will also allow blocking scripts and images, so pages load faster and use less data.
  • We will have the option to use tabs and create tasks. The tabs in Min open next to the current tab, so you will never lose your place. Tabs that you haven't looked at will have a dark mode, so you can focus on what you're working on.
  • Su marker managements is very simple.
  • We will have at our disposal a mode of attention. This will allow us to better focus the reading of the content by hiding all the tabs except the one on which we have the focus.
  • It will offer us support for style scripts.
  • We can also enjoy support for the HTML5 on YouTube, in addition to support for Adobe Flash.
  • Includes the option of inspect items.
  • The browser actions work like DuckDuckGo! Bangs. In the search bar, type "!" Followed by whatever command you want (you'll see a helpful list of suggestions in the drop-down menu). If you want to check the available! Bangs you can do it in your GitHub page.

For a more advanced description of Min's features, see the first run tour (in any browser).

Install Min web browser on Ubuntu 16.04

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We can install this browser in our operating system we will only have to follow the following steps. In this example I am going to install it on Ubuntu 16.04, although we can install it on any version derived from Debian.

We will first download the Min browser package using the wget command and its download URL. This URL can be removed from the project website. We open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and write:

wget https://github.com/minbrowser/min/releases/download/v1.7.0/Min_1.7.0_amd64.deb

We must install the newly downloaded Min package to complete the installation process. To do this, we will use the following command in the same terminal:

sudo dpkg -i Min_1.7.0_amd64.deb

Once this is done, we will be able to search for the browser just installed on our system. When the browser is open, type in any URL and start browsing.

Uninstall Min

To eliminate the browser from our system, we will only have to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and write in it:

sudo apt remove min

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  1.   Wildebeest-Linux said

    I have tried it and it consumes a lot

    1.    Damian Amoedo said

      I have also tried it and have not noticed a very high consumption of resources. At least not as high as with other browsers of this same style. Obviously if you want a browser that really consumes little, there are better options. Salu2.

      1.    Wildebeest said

        I wanted to say that it consumes a lot for what it offers, which is almost nothing the truth

  2.   Jimmy olano said

    Simple and beautiful, the tabs take the color of the page one visits, I am curious to know how you choose this color, the background image? The predominant colors of the site? The color of the web page .ico?

    I have used it with several tabs and it has not exceeded 300 megabytes of RAM, I will continue evaluating!
    (these lines were written with Min).