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Sugar browser

Currently the Web browser is a simple application that uses the Gecko browser engine that is also used by Firefox. Our browser is much simpler than Firefox and is not directly compatible with Firefox add-ins. Applications can also use xulrunner which includes Javascript capability.

Flash in the default web browser

To install flash player plugin 9 for the gecko/xulrunner web browser, do the following:

• Open a terminal as root
• Download the plugin file:

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Unpack it:

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Run the flashplayer-installer and follow instructions (the install folder is /usr/lib/xulrunner-XXXXX/):

./flashplayer-installer

Possible alternatives

Dillo

The small web browser capable of running in an embedded environment

Dillo website

Opera

Opera has been successfully installed.

Firefox 2.0

It is also possible to install Firefox2