| Falkon | |
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 Falkon 24.12.0 | |
| Original author | David Rosca |
| Developer | KDE |
| Initial release | December 2010 (2010-12) |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engine |
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| Operating system | Unix-like (Linux,FreeBSD, etc),[2]Haiku,[3]Windows 7 or later |
| Platform | Qt framework |
| Included with | KaOS,openMandriva Lx[4] |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
Falkon (formerlyQupZilla[5]) is afree andopen-sourceweb browser developed byKDE. It is built on theQtWebEngine,[6][7] which is a wrapper for theChromium browser core.[8]
BothKaOS andopenMandriva Lx use Falkon as their default browser.[4][9]
Falkon provides several icon sets and other elements to match the native look and feel of users' desktop operating systems.[10] Some additional features of the browser include the integration of history,web feeds andbookmarks in a single location, the ability to take ascreenshot of the entire page, and anOpera-like "Speed dial" home page.[11] It is reported to consume fewer system resources than the major general purpose browsers likeFirefox andGoogle Chrome.[12]
Falkon uses theQtcross-platformapplication framework and offers a built-inAdBlock. By default this adblocker whitelists the web page of Falkon's main search engine,DuckDuckGo. A "portable" (no installation) version for Windows platforms exists. Falkon is also distributed in thePortableApps format.[13]
The project was started as aresearch project in 2010. The first preview release, written inPython (usingPyQt library), was ready by December 2010.[14] In 2011 thesource code was rewritten inC++ with a goal to create a full-featured general purposeportable web browser based onQtWebKit, with the initial target being visual integration with the look and feel of multipledesktop environments includingMicrosoft Windows,GNOME, andKDE Plasma.[15] Version 1.6.6 (May 2014) still supportedWindows 2000.[16]
On 30 March 2016, QupZilla 2.0 was released. It marked the transition from QtWebKit to QtWebEngine.[6]
On 10 August 2017, QupZilla's developer David Rosca announced in a blog post that QupZilla had become aKDE project.[17] After the release of Qupzilla 2.2 the project was renamed toFalkon.[18] KDE Falkon 3.0 was released on 27 February 2018.[5]
Falkon 3.0.1 was included inLubuntu 18.10 beta but replaced with Firefox in the actual Lubuntu 18.10 release.[19]
Falkon 3.2.0 was released on 31 January 2022.[20]
On 14 February 2022, Falkon started transitioning toKDE Gear by adopting the same version number.[21] Starting with version 22.04 on 21 April 2022, the first version of Falkon as part of KDE Gear was released.[22][23] Official releases are thus announced on the KDE news website rather than the official Falkon website.[24]
the latest 1.8 version is not working on Windows 2000
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