The final space consumption is 67GB, that’s a lot of source code with an impressive amount (32 thousand of them!) object files (intermidiary binary files you need when compiling large project. I was wrong! Ended up resizing Windows 10 partition on my laptop to free up space for another 100GB Linux filesystem. I had 20GB of space and thought it would be enough! Then I saw the git download alone would be almost 15GB, but hoped I had enough. There’s a much easier way to install Brave browser from official repositories: official instructions here. In this Unix Tutorial Project, just because it seems fun and educational enough, I’ll attempt compiling Brave browser on my Dell XPS 13 laptop running Linux Mint 19.

If you aren’t using Brave browser already, download and try Brave browser using my link. That’s because I’m giving this new browser a try and support its vision to reward content producers via Brave’s Basic Attention Token cryptocurrency. Some of you may have noticed: I added the link to Brave browser to the sidebar here on Unix Tutorial.

Brave browser for linux