# OpenBSD web browsers 

## ungoogled-chromium

Dependencies:
> noto-emoji-20241002
> noto-fonts-24.9.1v0
> nspr-4.36
> nss-3.110
> libudev-openbsd-20230921p0
> libxslt-1.1.43p0
> epoll-shim-0.0.20240608
> wayland-1.23.1
> libxkbcommon-1.8.1
> dconf-0.40.0p2
> adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-46.2p0
> adwaita-icon-theme-47.0p0
> gtk+3-3.24.49
> jtk+3-cups-3.24.49
> xdg-utils-1.2

1.134G of disk usage in my estimation. The noto-fonts are enormous
and the major bulk of the installation.

I have been using this browser since I started using OpenBSD on my
daily driver, around 3 years. There is no Firefox for 32bit, so this
was really my only choice and I've stuck with it until today.

Performance is acceptable and it seems to cope with most websites.
Unfortunately every so often a website will cause it to go into a
death spiral which will freeze my system if I don't catch it quickly.


## Vimb

Dependencies:
> iso-codes-4.17.0:webkitgtk41-2.48.3
> iso-codes-4.17.0:gst-plugins-bad-1.26.0
> iso-codes-4.17.0:gst-plugins-good-1.26.0
> iso-codes-4.17.0:gst-plugins-base-1.26.0
> iso-codes-4.17.0
> mozilla-dicts-en-GB-1.3p1:enchant2-2.8.2
> mozilla-dicts-en-GB-1.3p1:hunspell-1.7.2
> mozilla-dicts-en-GB-1.3p1
> pango-1.56.3:gtk+3-3.24.49
> wayland-1.23.1:libxkbcommon-1.8.1
> wayland-1.23.1
> orc-0.4.32
> lame-3.100p2:libbs2b-3.1.0p5
> lame-3.100p2:twolame-0.4.0
> lame-3.100p2:libsndfile-1.2.2p0
> libunbound-1.22.0:geoclue2-2.7.2
> libunbound-1.22.0:libsoup3-3.6.5
> libunbound-1.22.0:glib2-networking-2.80.1p0
> flac-1.5.0
> libnotify-0.8.6
> hyphen-2.8.8p0
> aspell-0.60.8.1p0
> taglib-1.13.1
> woff2-1.0.2p0
> dbus-daemon-launch-helper-1.16.2
> epoll-shim-0.0.20240608
> libavif-1.1.1
> wavpack-5.6.0p0
> cdparanoia-3.a9.8p5
> json-glib-1.10.6
> soundtouch-2.3.3
> duktape-2.7.0p1:libproxy-0.5.9p2
> duktape-2.7.0p1
> libxslt-1.1.43p0
> harfbuzz-icu-11.0.0
> opencore-amr-0.1.6
> at-spi2-core-2.54.1
> gsettings-desktop-schemas-47.1p0
> gstreamer1-1.26.0
> dbus-1.16.2v0:avahi-glib-0.8p3
> libshout-2.4.5
> libpsl-0.21.1p0
> graphene-1.10.8p1
> flite-2.2
> dconf-0.40.0p2
> adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-4...:adwaita-icon-theme-47.0p0
> adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-46.2p0

400MB of disk usage in my estimation. Dependency listing looks worse
than it is with regard to overall size of installation. 

Unfortunately performance on my system sucked, YMMV. It didn't last
more than a couple of minutes before it was uninstalled.


## Firefox-ESR

Dependencies:
> nspr-4.36
> nss-3.110
> adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-46.2p0
> adwaita-icon-theme-47.0p0
> at-spi2-core-2.54.1
> epoll-shim-0.0.20240608
> wayland-1.23.1
> libxkbcommon-1.8.1
> dconf-0.40.0p2
> gtk+3-3.24.49

300MB of disk usage in my estimation.

I have moral issues with the Mozilla Foundation but performance wise,
it still seems to be the best of a bad bunch.


## Wayland?

Not so long ago wayland wasn't even a thing, now it is seemingly a
requirement to significant pieces of software, leverage? Is this what
people do when they want to force their beliefs and choices upon
others? 

Redhat with systemd and then Firefox with Rust. Now all web browsers
seem to come bundled with wayland, whether you want or not...


## Summary

This trip down the rabbit hole was prompted by the OpenBSD 7.7
update. As time goes on it seems to be bloating and the update failed
due to my running out of available disk space. This forced me to comb
through the system, uninstall anything I wasn't using and check the
sizes of the larger packages. That of course meant the web browser.

I use vim key-bindings wherever I can get them, so I added the vimium
plug-in as I had done with ungoogled-chromium.

Emerging from the rabbit hole I'm back on firefox-esr. The
performance to bloat ratio is better than the rest.