Updated 12/23/2020 - 100% Modern Up To Date TLS 1.3 Enabled Web Browser For Panther-Snow Leopard, Links2

[alex_free]

I have ported the newest version of the Links2 web browser to Mac OS X 10.3.9-10.6.8. This will work on any PPC Mac, or an Intel Mac with Rosetta.

Links2 is wicked quick and supports TLS 1.3. It uses the latest Mozilla CA certificates, and OpenSSL among other things. Wikipedia and many sites work flawlessly (but there is no javascript support).

— Release Page On The Garden — (w/ tons of screenshots)

 

[Dronecatcher]

This is what I'm getting for Text Mode in Tiger (X11 not installed)

 

[alex_free]

This is what I'm getting for Text Mode in Tiger (X11 not installed)

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Sorry about the oversight, X11 must be installed since it is linked. I’ll update the page and readme soon.

 

[Imixmuan]

This is a great addition to the PPC browser wars. Links2 also will get you around the nytimes.com and washingtonpost.com paywalls. text.npr.org and lite.cnn.com also work great on them, for simple reading of the news. Once you figure out how to navigate sites many will work fine for reading content. On very low end Pentium III's running Puppy linux its my go to browser. Is it also possible now to link older browsers like Camino to the TLS and CA certificates so they too can function again, to the best of their limited abilities?

 

[RogerWilco6502]

I can't wait to try this out! Thanks for this!

 

[sparty411]

Good job. I love Links2 for reading, and light browsing.

 

[swamprock]

Sweet! I'll give this a try, once the garden comes back up (not currently loading).

Now if we could get Mr. Kaiser to update Classilla with TLS 1.3 support...

 

[fourbirds]

This is amazing. Thank you!

 

[fourbirds]

How would you go about updating the certs for let's say Tigerkit?

 

[RogerWilco6502]

Just tested and it works amazingly in both graphics and text mode! Thanks for this amazing browser!

 

[Dronecatcher]

Only works for me on Leopard if I rename my X11 folder to X11R6....graphical version missing the X11 app - guess Leopard needs a separate install?

 

[Project Alice]

Only works for me on Leopard if I rename my X11 folder to X11R6....graphical version missing the X11 app - guess Leopard needs a separate install?

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I was able to use it out of the box on my Leopard install (15" 1.5Ghz PBG4). I haven't tested it on anything else.

 

[wicknix]

Same here. It looks like for whatever reason you are missing the X11R6 symlink to X11.

 

[Dronecatcher]

Very odd....

 

[Windreader]

Yeah, I’ve had the same issues on my iBook G4 under Leopard with this.

 

[Project Alice]

I’m curious to try my other systems now. I’m more interested on running it on Tiger on some G3s. I only played with it on that PowerBook because I happened to be using it when I saw this thread.

 

[RogerWilco6502]

This works on both of my systems, both Leopard and Tiger. I make a point to install X11 on every system I install, so that might be why it works so flawlessly for me.

 

[MacFoxG4]

Just gave this browser a try and it’s really cool! Works great on my iBook G3 under Tiger.

 

[alex_free]

Only works for me on Leopard if I rename my X11 folder to X11R6....graphical version missing the X11 app - guess Leopard needs a separate install?

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Strange this works out of the box for me on 10.5.6... I can check for the directory and symlink it if that helps in the next release.
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How would you go about updating the certs for let's say Tigerkit?

Im unfamiliar with Tigerkit, but I get my certs from here .

 

[Dronecatcher]

Strange this works out of the box for me on 10.5.6... I can check for the directory and symlink it if that helps in the next release.

No, don't worry it's ok - I've copied and renamed the X11 folder plus the problem for the graphical version is my install is missing the X11 app in Applications/Utilities.

 

[alex_free]

No, don't worry it's ok - I've copied and renamed the X11 folder plus the problem for the graphical version is my install is missing the X11 app in Applications/Utilities.

Oh so normally this won’t happen? By the way, you’ve convinced me to change how it works next release. I will compile links2 twice, with x support and without x support. That way you can use text mode without x!

 

[alex_free]

No, don't worry it's ok - I've copied and renamed the X11 folder plus the problem for the graphical version is my install is missing the X11 app in Applications/Utilities.

New Links2 Release2 (R2) is out! Now includes an app icon, the latest OpenSSL 1.1.1g, and a compatibility fix for Mac OS X 10.3.9. X11 is also not required for text mode.

 

[RogerWilco6502]

New Links2 Release2 (R2) is out! Now includes an app icon, the latest OpenSSL 1.1.1g, and a compatibility fix for Mac OS X 10.3.9. X11 is also not required for text mode.

I'll try it out when I get time

 

[Dronecatcher]

New Links2 Release2 (R2) is out! Now includes an app icon, the latest OpenSSL 1.1.1g, and a compatibility fix for Mac OS X 10.3.9. X11 is also not required for text mode.

Great stuff! Fully functional

 

[Project Alice]

Would it be possible to run this on say, Mac OS X 10.2.8?