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Slimjet: An Alternative Browser For Google Chrome on Linux

Last updated March 1, 2017 By Abhishek Prakash 20 Comments

If you remember, I had informed you of Google Chrome ending support for 32 bit Linux and for all builds of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Starting from March, Google Chrome won’t get security updates for these systems.

If you are using Google Chrome on a 32 bit Linux system or a Linux distro based on Ubuntu 12.04 (even 64-bit ones) such as Linux Mint 13, it is time for you to switch to another web browser.

The first and obvious choice is Mozilla Firefox but if you were using Google Chrome, chances are that you might not like Firefox.

What other choices do we have then? Popular suggestion would be to go for Chromium browser, the open source project from which Google Chrome is derived. While Chromium is a good alternative, I would like to suggest another alternative, Slimjet.

Slimjet is a web browser based on Chromium project. However, Slimjet is NOT open source. As the name indicates, Slimjet focuses on speed and is slimmer (lightweight). It provides added functionalities on the top of the Chromium browser.

Slimjet browser features

Here are some of the main features listed on its website and some experienced by me:

• Based on Chromium, integrates with Google account to import history and bookmarks (depending upon your settings)
• Relatively lightweight and faster
• Ad-block enabled by default
• New apps can be downloaded from Chrome Web Store
• Focused on privacy and comes with anti-tracking technology (you can enbale this)
• Comes with a download manager that helps in resumable download between sessions
• Quick fill form filler
• You Tube downloader
• A built-in photo app for easier upload and enhancement (apply effects, frames etc)
• One-click Facebook integration
• Customizable toolbar
• Instant photo upload with built-in compression
• Customizable new tab page
• Flexible web page translation (translate entire or part of web page)
• Supports various mouse gestures
• Personalization and theme support

Looking at the list above you can see that most of the features can be achieved in any standard web browser by installing plugins and tweaking settings but having it by default is an advantage in itself. For beginners and for people who do not like to tinker a lot, this could be quite helpful.

Installing Slimjet

Slimjet is available for Linux and Windows. Surprisingly, it’s not available for Mac OS X. For Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions, Slimjet provides the .deb executables while other Linux distributions such as Fedora, openSUSE etc have the option to install it by running a script.

You can download the respective installer from the link below:

If you are using Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS or Linux Lite, just double click on the .deb file to install Slimjet.

Using Slimjet

I have tested Slimjet in Linux Mint 17.3 64bit. When you first run Slimjet, it immediately gives you the option to install ad-blocker.

Choice is yours whether to enable ad-blocker or not. Sensible thing would be to install it unless you have a favorite ad blocking plugin that you would use instead.

The next thing you notice on the tab is that it is full of advertising websites like eBay, Booking.com, Groupon etc like you might have seen in Firefox on the first run. But these websites are also added in the list of bookmarks by default and that’s most annoying thing.

You have the option to sign into Slimjet which is basically using your Google account. This will automatically sync settings, bookmarks, browsing history from your Google Chrome to Slimjet, given that you use sync option in Chrome.

Your passwords won’t be imported automatically, though. Importing passwords between browsers have become increasingly difficult because the way Google is storing password these days. Even using a third party app like LastPass did not help me.

Is it really slim and fast?

All kind of claims are made by products, and digital products i.e. Software are no exception. Slimjet pitches itself as the faster alternative to the existing web browsers. But is it really faster than the rest?

To test that, I opened four websites in Google Chrome, Chromium and Slimjet and I found that all of them consume more or less same amount of resources. The figures kept jiggling between the various browsers:

I did not do extensive testing though so I cannot make claims if it is really faster than the others or not.

Verdict

It’s a neat little browser that has all the functionalities you are accustomed to in any standard web browser such as Google Chrome. It has a few features of its own that provide it a slight edge but that’s not really the exclusive to Slimjet.

If you are looking to replace Google Chrome because of the upcoming support end, I suggest you try it yourself and see if it suits you or not.

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Slimjet

Разработчик:	FlashPeak Inc. (США)
Лицензия:	Freeware (бесплатно)
Версия:	32.0.2.0 Stable
Обновлено:	2021-09-30
Системы:	Windows / MacOS / Linux
Интерфейс:	русский / английский
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Категория:	Браузеры и интернет
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О программе

Что нового

Новое в версии 32.0.2.0 Stable

• Исправлена ошибка с блокировщиком рекламы.

Новое в версии 31.0.2.0

• Исправлена ошибка с инструментом для создания скриншотов.

Новое в версии 31.0.0.0 Final

• В контекстное меню добавлено «Копировать ссылку на выделенный текст».
• Добавлена возможность поиска по всем открытым вкладкам. Щелкните маленькую стрелку в правой части панели вкладок для поиска.

Системные требования

Поддерживаемые операционные системы:

• Windows 10, 8.1, 8 и 7
• Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 и выше
• Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE + или Fedora Linux.

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Подробное описание

Slimjet — одна из альтернатив веб-браузера Google Chrome на основе актуальных версий Chromium и движка Blink.

Браузер ориентирован на скорость открытия веб-сайтов, легкую работу в системе и удобство использования.

Мощное приложение позволяет вам быстро и безопасно осуществлять веб-серфинг в Интернете, посещая любимые онлайн-ресурсы и загружая различного рода контент.

Основные возможности Slimjet

Быстрый и эффективный

Разработчики предлагают более быстрый запуск браузера, более быструю загрузку веб-страниц, а также легкий пользовательский интерфейс на базе ведущего в отрасли движка рендеринга Blink.

Безопасный и стабильный

Безопасность уровня Chromium с автоматической защитой от фишинга, мошеннических сайтов и загрузки вредоносного ПО. Браузер предлагает передовые функции управления конфиденциальностью, надежную и стабильную архитектуру с поддержкой нескольких процессов.

Мощный и универсальный

Встроенный набор удобных и полезных функций в предоставляет больше возможностей веб-серфинга без использования сторонних плагинов.

Универсальный и настраиваемый

Универсальные параметры и настройки браузера доступны для выборочной настройки на любой вкус и повышения производительности работы в Интернете.

Как скачать Slimjet

Перейдите на страницу загрузки и выберите версию для вашего устройства.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will XP and Vista continue to be supported?

Q: What rendering engine does Slimjet use?

Slimjet uses Blink engine, the same engine used by Google Chrome.

Q: How is Slimjet related to Google Chrome?

Both Slimjet and Chrome are based on the same Chromium open-source project. Therefore, Slimjet and Chrome will have quite similar user interface. Compared with Chrome, Slimjet adds a lot more features and options on top of Chromium, to be more powerful and flexible.

Q: Is Slimjet compatible with Chrome extensions?

Yes. Slimjet is compatible with almost all chrome extensions. You can install extensions for Slimjet from Chrome web store.

Q: Is Slimjet free for commercial use?

Yes. Slimjet is free for both personal and commerical use.

Q: What are the system requirements of Slimjet?

The latest version of Slimjet is compatible with Windows 7 or later, Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, openSUSE 13.1+, or Fedora Linux 21+.

Q: Can I offer Slimjet for download on my own website?

Yes. Slimjet is free for redistribution as long as it is kept in its original form.

Q: How to uninstall Slimjet?

Select «FlashPeak Slimjet: Uninstall Slimjet» from the start menu shortcut to uninstall Slimjet. You can also uninstall Slimjet from «Control Panel->Uninstall a program».

Q: How to upgrade to a new version of Slimjet?

Just install the new version of Slimjet into the same folder as the old version of Slimjet.

Q: How to set Slimjet as the default browser?

Select settings from the main menu. Go to the «Default Browser» section of the settings page and click the button «Make Slimjet the default browser».

Q: What version of Chromium is Slimjet based on?

You can check the version of Chromium Slimjset is based on by selecting the menu «About slimjet». We will stay sychronized to the release schedule of Chromium with a lag of no more than three months.

Q: Will Slimjet have the same privacy issues as Chrome, such as sending data to Google?

Slimjet doesn’t send any data to Google’s servers if you don’t sync your bookmarks and other data with your google account.

Q: My antivirus software flags Slimjet as a trojan, virus or spyware. What should I do?

From time to time, some antivirus software might throw a false alarm on Slimjet’s executable files due to the advanced technologies used in Slimjet. Please report such false alarms to us immediately if you happen to run into one. Please also feel safe to add Slimjet’s executables into the exclusion list of your antivirus software so that you can continue running it. It’ll be helpful if you can submit a false positive report with the antivirus software publisher as well. That will make the antivirus software vendor resolve the issue more quickly.

Q: What is the difference between Slimjet, SlimBrowser and SlimBoat?

They are all web browser products from FlashPeak Inc but they are based on different engines. Slimjet is based on Blink engine (the engine behind Chrome from Google). SlimBrowser is based on Trident engine (the engine behind Internet Explorer from Microsoft). SlimBoat is based on the Qt-port of Webkit engine. The three browsers have a similar set of features. Slimjet is the most robust and stable of the three and is most suitable for people who prefer a simple and clean user interface. SlimBrowser is suitable for people who prefer an advanced user interface with as many options as possible. SlimBoat has the smallest memory footprint and run across multiple platforms but might have compatibility issues with a few web sites due to the QtWebkit engine. Slimjet is our top recommendation for Windows users.

Q: Does Slimjet collect any user’s data?

Slimjet doesn’t collect any data associated with the user’s identity. We do collect some fully-anonymous usage statistics to help improve the software. The statistics is to measure how frequently a certain software feature is used so that we can focus more efforts on popular features and less on rarely used ones. Such anonymous statistics collection can be completely turned off in the Privacy section of the settings page if it is of concern to you.

Q: How to update to a newer version of Slimjet?

If you are using the regular installer, simply run the new version installer and everything will be taken care of. There is no need to uninstall the current version first.

If you use the portable version, download the latest version of the portable version archive and extract it into the folder where the current version of Slimjet portable sits. DO NOT delete the original folder before installing the new version. Otherwise, you will lose all the data and settings.

Q: What is the encryption strength of the quickfill form files?

All the quickfill form files that are protected with your master password are encrypted using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard ) with key length of 256 bits.

Q: Can Slimjet be installed together with Chrome or Chromium?

Yes. Slimjet will not run into conflict with Chrome or Chromium installed on the same system. The data and settings of Slimjet are independent from those of Chrome/Chromium. However, if you sync your data and settings with your Google account, Slimjet data and settings will be automatically synchronized with those of Chrome/Chromium since they use the same data server provided by Google.

Q: How do I migrate from SlimBoat to Slimjet?

Q: The ad blocker is blocking useful components from my site. How do I fix that?

You can disable the ad blocker on a per-site basis. Just open the site in a tab first. Then select «Ad Blocker->Disable on this site» from the browser menu. The tab will be automatically reloaded to reflect the changes. If you would like to whitelist the entire top-level domain, just select «Ad Blocker->Disable on enter domain» from the browser menu.

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