It’s one of the most customizable browsers, and the ocean of user add-ons and themes created for it will likely never be surpassed by other projects. Its initial release in 2002 marked the rebirth of Netscape Navigator, though it wasn’t until 2004 that it became known as “Firefox”, having previously been known as first “Phoenix” and then “Firebird”. Firefoxįirefox is the third most popular browser in the world, and likely the most popular Linux browser, since it ships with many Linux distributions by default. Here is the list of 10 best browsers for Linux 1. All browsers on this list are free to download, install and use, and they earned their place on this list because they’re reliable in everyday use and/or actively developed.