Cross-platform Web browsers
Most Web browsers on the market have versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. OS-College has articles and videos about features of five of them.
Web browsers
Most browsers have similar functions and features. There are only a few capabilities that separate one browser from the others. OS-College's videos, Web pages, and articles will cover these differences. There also will be tutorials about features the browsers have in common.
Firefox
Firefox is an open-source browser that has been available since the early 2000s. It is one of two browsers that work on Linux systems designed for ARM processors. It supports older versions of mac OS than other browsers.
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Click here to visit OS-College's page about Firefox.
Chrome/Chromium
This is Google's Web browser. It is actually two Web browsers. Chrome is the closed-source version that most people use and comes preinstalled on most Android phones. It is available for several different Linux operating systems, not all however.
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Chromium is Google's open-source project that Chrome and several other browsers are based on, such as Edge. Because it is open-source, it has versions that run on ARM processors and 32-bit systems.
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Click here to visit OS-College's page about Chrome/Chromium.
Microsoft Edge
Edge is based on Chromium. It can be installed as a Snap or a Flatpak on 64-bit Linux systems, as well as packages designed for Red-Hat based and Debian-based systems. For Windows, the latest version is available for Windows 7 and later, as well as Windows Server.
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Click here to visit OS-College's page about Edge.
Opera
Opera is one of the oldest browsers on the market. It was founded in 1995. A feature it has that other browsers do not is messenger apps and other apps are part of its sidebar. This includes FaceBook Messenger, Spotify, and YouTube Music. This makes communication tools and audio files easy to access while working on a document or reading a Web page.
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Click here to visit OS-College's page about Opera.
Brave
Brave is based on Chromium. It has more privacy features built in that other browsers listed on this page don't have, at least they don't have out-of-box. One example is that it has a private window with Tor, technology designed to block surveillance from Websites a user may visit.
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Click here to visit OS-College's page about Brave.