(k)ubuntu/debian users might be interested in this:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-15-8528-0.html

On and off I get somewhat frustrated with Opera, my main browser (usually for reasons to do with speed), and flirt with the idea of using a more lightweight browser. In the past I've tried dillo, but unfortunately it's missing too many features. Links in graphics mode is also missing a lot of stuff. At the other end of the scale, Firefox, Epiphany and Konqueror are still too bloated to hit the optimal middle ground (for mine) in terms of features vs speed. Links-hacked sounded like it would do the job perfectly - it had support for persistent cookies, javascript, tables, frames, https, *and* tabs. But I could never get it to compile on kubuntu (after days and days of trying), nor did any debian distro seem to have a l-h package.

Until I found the above page. It dpkg installs smoothly, and aside from having to install svgalib before it'd run properly, there were no issues with the install at all. The browser itself loads in less than a second, renders pages faster than you can say "ie sucks", and displays content in a relatively readable form. The javascript support *is* somewhat buggy, however. At the moment I have it switched off, as it segfaults before it finishes loading the main livejournal page (speaking of which, it seems you'll need to switch your lj prefs to 'lynx' layout before the "post comment/preview" buttons will work).

So if you're sick of your current browser's loading/rendering time, but don't want to have to give up things like graphics, tabs, cookies, et al, I recommend giving it a try. You'll still have to open your Firefox/Opera/Konqueror/et al to view some sites (banks, etc), but for day to day stuff it works quite well.