I may use
www/lynx exclusively before it's over, or decide to forgo internet altogether.
When my ISP upgraded I had a netgear router left over, so I set up a old Celeron tower PC box connected directly to the ISP's hub/router (192.168.1.x network), and the netgear off another of the main routers LAN ports (connected to the netgears WAN port) - off which all other PC's/kit connect (10.0.0.x network i.e. netgear LAN ports). That Celeron has OBSD installed, so by default has a httpd and X ...etc. and adding netsurf to that means I can ssh from my desktop system (in the 'secure' area behind the netgear router) to that Celeron's netsurf
Code:
ssh -X -C user@192.168.1.9 netsurf-gtk
X forwarding is set in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config of the Celeron box, and the main ISP's router/hub is set to prohibit ssh (so can't be accessed externally), but forwarded in the netgear router (so I can ssh between the local LAN segments).
I did try firefox at one time, but that was slow to render, dillo and/or netsurf are much more usable. I also have the ISP router setup to forward https, so that box can be used as a web server.
Conceptually I could have no internet/browser programs on my main (10.0.0.x network) desktop and just use that Celeron PC based browser, perhaps even where the celeron was a DVD read only device as well, but I haven't gone to such extremes.
My plan is to use a smaller scale device at some point i.e. swap out the Celeron for perhaps a Pi or similar device. If that installation is light/small enough I could even set it up to be rebuilt daily (back to 'factory fresh') - such that it wouldn't really matter what might occur (hacked).
There are still risks, for instance the ssh connection security and all traffic flowing from the second to first/main router, but that's no different to any normal traffic flowing over the internet. Also the main routers admin could be compromised if the Celeron was hacked, but I have that router set to be relatively secure as to how the admin might be accessed.
sshfs is a nice addition to that setup, as I can create a local (10.0.0.x PC) mountpoint (/mnt/celeron) and sshfs mount the Celeron box, so accessing files on that box is as easy as any other local folder (I use rox-filer as my preferred file manager).
Code:
sshfs root@192.168.1.9:/ /mnt/celeron
Must admit however that I also think that 'the internet' is becoming too overloaded with different technologies/risks. Usenet/news/mail groups text only type alternatives may very well have a rival ... and leave http type protocols for the likes of handheld/smartphones.