Konqueror: The Forgotten Browser that Conquered the Market | Tech History

[@minuxkoda]

The Forking 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@samvictorguyvandevelde7815]

Dude, I can NOT emphasize enough how long it's been I've seen an old-school educational tech video of this quality of production... Simple (as should be, it's youtube), but very well done in its format... Not going to tell you what you do, because well it takes time to make these, but I'm down for more documentaries like these. Kind regards

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks so much, this made my day!! I will totally make more videos like this in the future.

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

So you are telling me that kde could be considered one of the most important foss projects ever. Take that redhat

[@PiddeBas]

How this doesn't have at least 100000 views yet is beyond me, your storytelling is amazing

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks!! I have a new video just like this one coming out on Monday!

[@A_Me_Amy]

I think
.. the browser is so good. It's split view and file management in one is useful.

[@DillonAngle]

Dude is like miniminuteman for tech. Great documentary style video, keep it up!

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks!!

[@wongalongtong]

Hey, I really appreciate your work. I just read Ken Kocienda's book about Apple engineering and was wondering what Konquerer was like. It is really crazy that Apple bootstrapped Safari off of this browser + I hadn't known that Google also based Chrome off of WebKit + that Safari also spawned each browser process off into it's own tab (I remember when Chrome did this). Thanks for the history lesson!

[@raagamparmar5602]

Yes, more documentaries please. This format is really simple to follow. I love it! More documentaries!

[@DistrosProjects]

I’m working on it :)

[@raagamparmar5602]

@@DistrosProjects Thanks :D

[@Joshfarmpig]

Very high quality for a small UA-camr. You deserve more views man

[@nullpointerexception3108]

Just discovered your channel. It's like finding a hidden gem in an ocean of content. +1 subscriber

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks!!

[@woosix7735]

Elsewhere this video would be 40 minutes, so this is a breath of fresh air

[@Faith-Trust-Pixie-Dust]

When I heard the Lemino music, my heart almost stopped

[@patwhite8156]

You're going to Konquer UA-cam with videos like this. Thanks and keep them coming please!

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks!! More vids to come :)

[@sojaquad5127]

good video, 10/10 subbed :)
(i love the LEMMiNO - Cipher usage music at the beginning, i recognized it immediately)

[@TheLostPhoenixOfTheSkies]

Nice documentary mate, tbh im happy that i found this browser thru Wikipedia casually

[@Atmatan]

Best program ever made. We bringing it back.
I want this to have web serial API access by 2026.

[@lmachado788]

Okay....Loved the video!! Good style, no wasted words, the fact that you used a ThinkPad for the shot. I just subed. Can't wait to see what's next.

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks! Fun fact, the reason why I used the ThinkPad instead of VM footage is because I couldn’t get X11 to work in a VM due to difficult configuration. You practically have to be a rocket scientist to get old versions of X11 to work on VMs, but on real hardware with supported GPUs it works out of the box.

[@luci_ly]

nice video mate, surprised it didnt get so many views

[@gideonidoko]

Amazing and informative video! I love your documentary style.

[@Atmatan]

Khtml might be dead but konq uses Web Engine now and its great.
You can always change the view mode and even add more using kparts.

[@Guvoid]

Loved the video! Super interesting.

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks Guvoid! Love your videos too :)

[@AlexanderAddams]

So, I guess, when people say that chrome is the father of most browsers, the Konqueror is the grandfather of all modern browsers.

[@cateh6418]

very nice documentary, very nostalgic inducing haha

[@Sugar95]

More videos like these!

[@DistrosProjects]

For sure! I really enjoyed making this video.

[@onelazynoob15]

Very slick and informative

[@walter_lesaulnier]

I love Konqueror, but I use it as a badass file manager. I don't think I've ever used it as a web browser.

[@Atmatan]

You're missing out. If you can get plugins to work: its OP

[@penguingalorigin6341]

Love the video! Thanks!

[@glompX3]

konqueror changed the world!!

[@ravaun505]

Good video. Very informative!

[@DistrosProjects]

Thanks!

[@esra_erimez]

I found this video to be enjoyable, pleasurable and informative.

[@sakesaurus]

wait this is what my systemctl starts by default? Dang

[@sdfjsd]

7:08 Wait, I thought Konqueror still uses KHTML today. Am I wrong?
Speaking of Chromium's dominance, I don't think it's as bad as you think. Chromium is open source, so someone can always create hard fork on Chromium if they need to. There are currently no browsers that are hard forks of Chromium, but that doesn't mean nobody will create a hard fork in the future. Also, Safari is gaining market share, and it is more popular than it's ever been before. There is nothing to worry about.

[@shiro3146]

can you tell whats the differences of Hard forks to usual forks

[@meelz812]

Your videos are awesome!

[@jebidiahkerman4600]

Looks cool too bad the algorithm is fousing on Wind0w 11

[@JettingChen]

Kang the Konqueror.

[@lenOwOo]

Wow. . I just realized. . Navigator, explorer and conqueror 😂😂 also chrome would follow standard until it become the standard. . Like it always tried to be

[@aruncs3438]

hey mahn this is so cool and clean

[@tato-chip7612]

By the way if you know anything about the opensource Game porting toolkit you'll know apple's patches are megabyte sized single files.
Apple is a terrible company to work with in opensource

[@DistrosProjects]

i don’t know anything about the game porting toolkit, but that does make sense.

[@tato-chip7612]

@@DistrosProjects Game porting toolkit is moreless wine/plus extras for macOS.
Their "almost" proton.

[@_ytuser]

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