TIP Konqueror

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Various tips and tricks for Konqueror.

[edit] Speed-Up (Pipelining, DNS-Caching & Co)

Konqueror itself does not support HTTP pipelining, which means that it feels a lot slower than it could be. A workaround is to use Polipo.


Code: Install polipo
$ emerge polipo -av

Make sure the first entry in your /etc/resolv.conf is working, as otherwise polipo will likely fail to resolve the address instead of trying the next entry due to it's default settings, which you can adjust later. Your file should look like this:


File: /etc/resolv.conf 
# Two (hopefully) working servers
nameserver 194.25.2.129
nameserver 217.115.138.24


Tip: Select a server located near you.

As the default settings are quite safe (only 127.0.0.1 is allowed to connect) you can already start the proxy with

Code: Starting polipo
$ /etc/init.d/polipo start

Now open Konqueror and point it to http://127.0.0.1:8123/ in order to conveniently read the really good documentation and adjust settings.

After you've done so, save and restart using the init-script mentioned above.

Finally, you need to configure Konqueror via

» Settings

» Configure Konqueror
» Proxy
» Manually specify the proxy settings
» Setup
» HTTP: http://127.0.0.1 Port 8123

Congratulations, you're done. Your Konqueror should feel faster now.

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