diff --git a/base/project.js b/base/project.js
index 05b9ee34..6f4cefd6 100644
--- a/base/project.js
+++ b/base/project.js
@@ -72,11 +72,13 @@ if (platform == "windows") {
 }
 else if (platform == "linux") {
 	add_sys_backend("linux");
+	add_net_backend("posix");
 	add_thread_backend("posix");
 	add_gpu_backend("vulkan");
 	project.add_define("IRON_VULKAN");
 	project.add_define("_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L");
 	project.add_lib("dl");
+	project.add_lib("ssl");
 	project.add_lib("vulkan");
 	if (flags.with_audio) {
 		project.add_lib("asound");
@@ -106,7 +108,6 @@ else if (platform == "ios") {
 }
 else if (platform == "android") {
 	add_sys_backend("android");
-	add_net_backend("posix");
 	add_thread_backend("posix");
 	add_gpu_backend("vulkan");
 	project.add_cfiles("sources/backends/android_file_dialog.c");
diff --git a/base/sources/backends/posix_net.c b/base/sources/backends/posix_net.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6305b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/sources/backends/posix_net.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#include <iron_net.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+
+static SSL_CTX *ctx = NULL;
+static char *buf = NULL;
+static int buf_len = 1024 * 1024;
+
+void iron_http_request(const char *url, const char *path, const char *data, int port, bool secure, int method, const char *header,
+					   iron_http_callback_t callback, void *callbackdata) {
+
+	int sock_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	struct hostent *server = gethostbyname(url);
+	struct sockaddr_in server_addr = {0};
+	server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	memmove(&server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr, server->h_addr_list[0], server->h_length);
+	server_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+	if (connect(sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)) < 0) {
+		close(sock_fd);
+		callback(1, 0, NULL, callbackdata);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (ctx == NULL) {
+		ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
+	}
+
+	SSL *ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
+	SSL_set_fd(ssl, sock_fd);
+
+	if (SSL_connect(ssl) <= 0) {
+		SSL_free(ssl);
+		close(sock_fd);
+		callback(1, 0, NULL, callbackdata);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// For HTTP/1.1, implement "transfer-encoding: chunked"
+	char request[1024];
+	int request_len = snprintf(request, sizeof(request), "GET /%s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s:%d\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n", path, url, port);
+	SSL_write(ssl, request, request_len);
+
+	// Read
+	if (buf == NULL) {
+		buf = malloc(buf_len);
+	}
+	int pos = 0;
+	int n;
+	while ((n = SSL_read(ssl, buf + pos, buf_len - pos - 1)) > 0) {
+		pos += n;
+		if (pos == buf_len - 1) {
+			buf_len *= 2;
+			buf = realloc(buf, buf_len);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Parse
+	int status_code = 0;
+	const char *body_ptr = "";
+	char *headers_end = strstr(buf, "\r\n\r\n");
+	body_ptr = headers_end + 4;
+	callback(0, status_code, body_ptr, callbackdata);
+
+	SSL_free(ssl);
+	close(sock_fd);
+}
diff --git a/base/sources/iron.h b/base/sources/iron.h
index 5dad6985..3a45c3a9 100644
--- a/base/sources/iron.h
+++ b/base/sources/iron.h
@@ -1415,8 +1415,6 @@ void _iron_http_request(string_t *url, i32 size, void (*callback)(char *, buffer
 	url_path[j] = 0;
 	#ifdef IRON_ANDROID
 	iron_http_request(curl, url_path, NULL, 443, true, 0, NULL, &_http_callback, cbd);
-	#elif defined(IRON_LINUX)
-	// TODO
 	#else
 	iron_http_request(url_base, url_path, NULL, 443, true, 0, NULL, &_http_callback, cbd);
 	#endif
diff --git a/base/sources/ts/file.ts b/base/sources/ts/file.ts
index 86a5945a..0af00182 100644
--- a/base/sources/ts/file.ts
+++ b/base/sources/ts/file.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ function file_start(path: string) {
 }
 
 function file_download(url: string, dst_path: string, done: (url: string)=>void, size: i32 = 0) {
-	///if (arm_windows || arm_macos || arm_ios || arm_android)
 	let fdd: file_download_data_t = { dst_path: dst_path, done: done };
 	map_set(_file_download_map, url, fdd);
 	_iron_http_request(url, size, function (url: string, ab: buffer_t) {
@@ -105,11 +104,6 @@ function file_download(url: string, dst_path: string, done: (url: string)=>void,
 		}
 		fdd.done(url);
 	});
-	///else
-	iron_sys_command("wget -O \"" + dst_path + "\" \"" + url + "\"");
-	// iron_sys_command("curl -L " + url + " -o \"" + dst_path + "\"");
-	done(url);
-	///end
 }
 
 function file_download_bytes(url: string, done: (url: string, ab: buffer_t)=>void) {
@@ -199,11 +193,7 @@ function file_init_cloud_bytes(done: ()=>void, append: string = "") {
 		if (buffer == null) {
 			let empty: string[] = [];
 			map_set(file_cloud, "cloud", empty);
-			///if arm_linux
-			console_error(strings_ensure_wget_is_installed());
-			///else
 			console_error(strings_check_internet_connection());
-			///end
 			return;
 		}
 		let files: string[] = [];
diff --git a/paint/sources/strings.ts b/paint/sources/strings.ts
index 8e24c0f1..7b08d783 100644
--- a/paint/sources/strings.ts
+++ b/paint/sources/strings.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ function strings_check_internet_connection(): string {
 	return tr("Error: Check internet connection to access the cloud");
 }
 
-function strings_ensure_wget_is_installed(): string {
-	return tr("Error: Ensure wget is installed");
-}
-
 function strings_asset_already_imported(): string {
 	return tr("Info: Asset already imported");
 }