links2 is my fav minimalist browser. Supports pictures and basic formatting, very clean. Also, a hint, often prefixing a website name with "m." will give you a mobile version which loads faster to bookmark for later
Have benefitted from PowerPC Debian (also netBSD) : emacs (for both terminal interface and programming, learning programming, system admin skills (text interfaces), some number / text crunching and algorithm testing. Preferring lxde desktop but also just plain X with a simple window manager, sometimes using the cool multi-console feature of Linux (cntrl-fn-#). Also distributed compiling - very helpful with slower machines. Building optimized and customized versions of software, especially kernels! And testing / debugging - involvement with development community is fun and enriching. Highly recommend involvement also in local Linux groups + some upstream project
