{"id":3554,"date":"2023-09-28T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:33:59","slug":"porteus-5-0-cinnamon-part-4-browsers-and-the-porteus-browser-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/porteus-5-0-cinnamon-part-4-browsers-and-the-porteus-browser-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon \u2013 Part 4: Browsers and the Porteus Browser Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3557 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-v-5.0-browsers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"783\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-v-5.0-browsers.jpg 783w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-v-5.0-browsers-500x268.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-v-5.0-browsers-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Am closing down my old <i>Linux Newbie \u2013 since 1996<\/i> WordPress.com blog (<i>is Private now<\/i>), and am in the process of refreshing and moving some of the content over to my self-hosted KM&amp;T (Karmi\u2019s Musings &amp; Tech) blog here. Moving <i>and\/or<\/i> Transferring content requires editing and such, so some do not \u2018<i>Flow<\/i>\u2019 as well as the original did.<\/p>\n<p>This is Part 4 in the Porteus v5.0 series that I am transferring here. The series was sorta geared towards MS Windows users, but still mindful of interested Linux users. Porteus is plenty stable enough for even newbie MS Windows users to thrash \u2018n hack around in without breaking everything\u2026in most cases. \ud83d\ude09The series is now being located <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/operating-systems\/linux\/porteus-linux\/\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/porteus-5-0-cinnamon-part-4-browsers-and-the-porteus-browser-tool\/#Porteus_Browser_Tool\" >Porteus Browser Tool<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/porteus-5-0-cinnamon-part-4-browsers-and-the-porteus-browser-tool\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Porteus_Browser_Tool\"><\/span>Porteus Browser Tool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Porteus is a portable operating system based on Slackware. It does not require installation (see &#8220;copy <i><u>and\/or<\/u><\/i> drag \u2018n drop&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/porteus-5-0-cinnamon-part-2-installation-fat32-plus-ext4-or-fat32\/\"><i><b>Part 2<\/b><\/i><\/a>) and can be run from fixed and removable media, such as a USB flash drive or compact disc. It is light in weight with just a 359 MB iso and extremely fast.<\/p>\n<p>Porteus is &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.porteus.org\/info\/features.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><b>modular in design<\/b><\/i><\/a>&#8216; (<i>a concept I&#8217;m still learning<\/i>) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porteus.org\/component\/content\/article\/9-tutorials\/modules\/56-what-are-porteus-modules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>What are Porteus Modules?<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Instead of the traditional style of downloading a program and installing it, Porteus uses a file called a module which you activate (install) or deactivate (uninstall). Modules are similar to zip files in that they are compressed and they can contain multiple files and directories. The file extension of Porteus modules is xzm. To activate a module you simply double click on it and it will be injected into the Porteus directory structure and all of the required files will be put in their place. To deactivate the module just double click on it again and all the files will be removed from the directory structure and packed back into the module. This makes installing applications very simple and you don&#8217;t clutter up your computer with thousands of rarely used files.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.porteus.org\/viewtopic.php?f=35&amp;p=88441&amp;sid=9595595f73e27ffe48b6a8d356f0f032#p88441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Porteus v5.0<\/b><\/a> doesn&#8217;t come wid a Browser; however, they offer a choice of seven browsers&#8230;tho Firefox is one choice, it comes wid four browser options of its own \u2013 SERVER, ESR, CURRENT, and BETA versions. I used the &#8220;Server&#8221; option back on 3\/31\/2022, but went wid the &#8220;Current&#8221; version for this post. I suspect the other six choices work about the same, but haven&#8217;t tested any of them this time. Both the <b>server<\/b> &amp; <b>current<\/b> versions end up as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porteus.org\/component\/content\/article\/9-tutorials\/modules\/56-what-are-porteus-modules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Browser Selection and Update Tool<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-port3a-browser-selection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-port3a-browser-selection.jpg 714w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-port3a-browser-selection-500x387.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Browser Selection and Update Tool is located under Internet\u2026click on it to open the <b>Porteus Browser Tool<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3566 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3a-port3b-firefox-500x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3a-port3b-firefox-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3a-port3b-firefox.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I only tried adding Firefox during both tests \u2013 <b>server &amp; current<\/b> versions. Clicking on Firefox brings up the automated <b>Porteus Terminal<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3563 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-port3c-from-server-yes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-port3c-from-server-yes.jpg 465w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-port3c-from-server-yes-395x500.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I selected \u201cy\u201d the first time, for server version. Selected \u201c<b>n<\/b>\u201d <u>this time<\/u>, for <b>current<\/b> version (I like it better). (<b>NOTE<\/b>: The server version is premade in the \u201cen-US\u201d language.)<\/p>\n<p>Selecting \u201c<b>n<\/b>\u201d brings up these choices:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-5a-firefox-current.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-5a-firefox-current.jpg 454w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-5a-firefox-current-398x500.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enter \u201c<b>2<\/b>\u201d for the <strong>current<\/strong> version and that brought up this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-5b-firefox-download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-5b-firefox-download.jpg 452w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-5b-firefox-download-399x500.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It asks if I want to download the firefox-102.0.1 version (<span style=\"color: #bf0041;\"><b>Note<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #bf0041;\">: this post from 2022<\/span>) \u2013 selected \u201c<b>y<\/b>\u201d which brings up this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-5c-language.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-5c-language.jpg 448w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-5c-language-396x500.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Language \u2013 I entered \u201c<b>23<\/b>\u201d for en-US.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3572 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-5d-downloading-firefox.tar_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-5d-downloading-firefox.tar_.jpg 450w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-5d-downloading-firefox.tar_-398x500.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It starts downloading firefox-102.0.1.tar.bz2 (<span style=\"color: #bf0041;\">Old 2022 file<\/span>) \u2013 <u><b>OH NO, A TAR BZ2 FILE\u2026HEEEELLP!!!<\/b><\/u> \ud83d\ude09 <i>Just kidding<\/i>. It will be a module when Porteus gives it to us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3574 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-5e-complete-copy-to-modules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-5e-complete-copy-to-modules.jpg 449w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-5e-complete-copy-to-modules-399x500.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Download complete\u2026make sure you remember that it is in the <b>\/tmp<\/b> folder!<\/p>\n<p>Now, we move it to the <b>modules<\/b> folder:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3575 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-6a-move-firefox-to-porteus-modules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1347\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-6a-move-firefox-to-porteus-modules.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-6a-move-firefox-to-porteus-modules-500x356.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-6a-move-firefox-to-porteus-modules-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-6a-move-firefox-to-porteus-modules-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>open &#8220;File System&#8221; folder (&#8220;<strong>\/<\/strong>&#8220;) \u2013 <b>tmp<\/b> folder is in it.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the tmp folder to open it in a new window &#8211; &#8216;<i>Thars<\/i> the <b>firefox-102.0.1-x86_64-en-US.xzm<\/b> module (<i>already created for us<\/i>)! &#8211; \\o\/ \u2018<i>Hippity hip Hoorah<\/i>\u2018 \\o\/ &#8211; Oh, for this post I had also better open the porteus <strong>modules<\/strong> folder in a new window. OK, now we can copy <i><u>and\/or<\/u><\/i> drag \u2018n drop it into the porteus modules folder, I then click it to activate it, and reboot. However, I read today that the modules folder will automatically activate the module, during a reboot, if the module is in the modules folders. Yes, I am still learning about Porteus Linux&#8230;I make mistakes all the time, but <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.porteus.org\/viewtopic.php?f=35&amp;p=88441&amp;sid=9595595f73e27ffe48b6a8d356f0f032#p88441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Porteus v5.0<\/b><\/a> keeps covering for humble me.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>See how easy modules are to work with! I have another 2 posts for this series, and will try to cover the modules process a little more.<\/p>\n<p>OK&#8230;we now have a Browser, and I believe I will get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LibreOffice<\/a> office suite module next. \ud83e\udd14 Don&#8217;t worry MS Windows users, LibreOffice is free, and I even use it on all my Win11 Pro machines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<em>to be continued<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am closing down my old Linux Newbie \u2013 since 1996 WordPress.com blog (is Private now), and am in the process of refreshing and moving some of the content over to my self-hosted KM&amp;T (Karmi\u2019s Musings &amp; Tech) blog here. 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