Typically this tag refers to web browsers such as Firefox, Chromium or Opera. However, other types of browsers such as Nautilus or a network browser may use this tag as well.
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Chrome Ubuntu loading apache2's localhost instead of remote website
I'm a web developer and do local development through apache2 on localhost. However, sometimes when going to remote websites, well known websites like sky.com or bbc.com instead of loading that ...
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Security warning from Facebook in Chromium
I am terrified.
Every ten minutes Chromium pops up with a tab stating:
Success
SECURITY WARNING: Please treat the URL above as you would your password and do not share it with anyone.
Very ...
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Ubuntu Chromium browser - how to define zoom percentage via command line launch?
I have Chromium browser running as Ubuntu Desktop, when i launch my system i need to set the Chromium browser zoom percentage to 79%, so that it always remain default.
Using command line, how do i ...
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Internet Browsers Not Always Working
whenever I browse web pages on both Chrome and Firefox 50% of the time I'll get a page could not be displayed message, a few refreshes will fix this issue.
My internet is 50/10mbps and I never had a ...
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Dragging Connection
Just got Ubuntu 13.04 installed last night on my ASUS X45A laptop. I'm having an issue with the Internet dragging or Firefox. I'm not sure what's going on to be honest. I just know that things are ...
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Some sites not opening in firefox
I am unable to open Yahoo hdfc and some other sites with Mozilla, Chromium
I tried:
changing DNS
enabling Java
reinstalling Firefox
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How to install Opera?
I am new to Ubuntu and don't know much about computers.
I switched from Windows yesterday so when I use sudo in the terminal I am just copying and pasting from google search results - so I really ...
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Lexmark x6650 install cd download for Macbook os x 10.6.8 [closed]
Every time I try to go to the Lexmark website to download drivers for the printer, Safari and Google will not connect to the website. How do I fix them so I can go there?
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Cannot Install Google Chrome
I am having trouble installing Google Chrome on my Ubuntu 11.10 system. After downloading it from http://www.google.com/chrome I am trying to open it with a double click. Software Center pops up, I ...
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Does pulseaudio have an error log?
In order to help provide better information for my other question about browsers and Pulse audio, I wanted to see if I could get some kind of helpful log information.
However, there doesn't seem to ...
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Dragging browser link to desktop in 13.04 doesn't work with gnome desktop
I guess this is a noob question, but I was using 12.10 with the KDE desktop, but just upgraded to 13.04, and wanted to get familiar with the Gnome desktop that was shipped with 13.04
I can't for the ...
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How to log on to a Ubuntu server; from windows with a plain gui
I was hoping to setup and maybe browse the internet from a Ubuntu server i setup at home. Seeing that I have installed, Ubuntu server, I was hoping if there is software I can install to get a browser ...
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Is there any remote browsing solution with images?
I need a browser for my Linux server. My server Google queries are banned. It asking for CAPTCHA, but I can`t write in w3m, cos I don't see the image.
Is there any solution for this?
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“start-tor-browser” only opens a gedit window, not tor
"start-tor-browser" only opens a gedit window, not tor.
I have the most recent version of the Tor Browser Bundle from torproject.org.
(tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-6-dev-en-US.tar.gz )
When I ...
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run sh script from browser
For a tiny task, I wish to execute a .sh script from within browser.
I have kept the .sh script in "/usr/lib/cgi-bin" directory.
The .sh file contains following code.
#!/bin/bash
echo ...
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How can I view Youtube videos in Tor browser?
For some reason I'm unable to view videos on Youtube when using the Tor browser. What steps do I have to take to view them?
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What web browsers are there for Ubuntu? [closed]
I was wondering what web browsers exist for Ubuntu; I don't want to use wine. I just want the ones written for Ubuntu.
I've never liked the Ubuntu software center because it never has all of the ...
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How to install Iceweasel?
I was searching for Firefox-like browsers ('clones') and found about a few that I want to test, but could not install Iceweasel in Ubuntu. (Older links that I found with this google search - here and ...
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Browser does not load all graphics on websites, especially on facebook
unfortunatly my browser (google chrome) does not load all images. Everytime I visit facebook the browser does not load all images. I had that problem already on ubuntu 12.04, but 13.04 has got the ...
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How do I use Apple Magic Trackpad for Firefox navigation?
I use my trackpad with touchegg and touchegg-gce for easier configuration.
In the initial configuration there's an 'application' section for Chromium navigation which uses 2-finger drag that doesn't ...
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Slow internet browsing in Ubuntu
I have a dual boot set up with Windows and Ubuntu. When I'm using Windows, web browsing is a lot faster than when I'm using Ubuntu and I don't know why. It's like there's just a big latency rather ...
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Progress bar for python/ quickly web browser
i have been doing this web browser for roughly a day now, i have got the main look of the browser set up how i want it.
i have now decided to add a little progress bar at the bottom of the main ...
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Why is Ubuntu shipped with firefox?
I'm just curious, and some of my friends too. Personally I think chromium-browser is better (faster, less crashing) than firefox, and, why Ubuntu not shipped with more than 1 web browser?
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Why is Ubuntu's Webkit missing a few things?
I'm using a webkit browser with python+GTK, and it seems to be missing a few things.
You can see the problem in the example from here:
from gi.repository import WebKit
from gi.repository import ...
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after Installing UBUNTU 12.10, screen get stucked after some time
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 ..I started facing several issue. One major issue is if I start Ubuntu and start using any browser after sometime screen gets frozen and nothing works but right click ...
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Why does Ubuntu install incompatible versions of Seamonkey?
Seamonkey (Netscape) 2.0.13 does not work with Ubuntu. Ubuntu keeps installing it. The system won't allow 2.0.14. Version 2.1 has been installable but are no longer Netscape nor are file compatible. ...
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Terminal commands to add NEW custom browser to Preferred Applications?
I would like to know the terminal commands to add new custom browser to Preferred Applications?
I don't mean selecting a browser using:
sudo update-alternatives –config x-www-browser
I would ...
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Programs to combine bookmarks?
I've recently been having some issues with xmarks and found that it hasn't been syncing my chromium and firefox bookmarks correctly.
Is there a way to combine the two bookmark HTML files? Preferably ...
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What's the difference between Google Chrome and/or Chromium? What are the advantages/disadvantages to each?
I used Google Chrome in Windows, and am now using Chromium in Ubuntu. Is there any difference to the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each program? Which one seems better?
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How can one enable double-tapping to zoom in Firefox?
I want to have a double-tap zoom functionality (like on Android or iOS devices) in my Firefox web browser using the left mouse button. Is it possible to change some browser settings in order to get it ...
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Chromium won't load any pages including settings page
Chromium wouldn't load any pages including my settings page. I noticed at the bottom left the status was saying something about loading "ad-block plus".
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12.10 unable to connect to the Internet using Chrome or Firefox
I received a software update for Ubuntu 12.10 while using Zorin OS6 wireless. I accepted the update and installed 12.10.
Please tell me the step by step, using layman's terms, on how to get Google ...
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Problems with SSL in Arora [closed]
I installed Arora Browser in my Ubuntu 12.10 all works pretty good with Arora browser but since 5 days ago appears this message when I go to my hotmail page:
Errores SSL:
issuer certificate of a ...
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Change default command line, non-graphical browser?
I have elinks and w3m installed. elinks seems to be the default for using surfaw from the command line---I'd prefer w3m be the default. Is this particular to sr or is this a bashrc kind of setting? ...
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control mouse with keyboard and web browsing
I have lost my mouse functionality, and I have to work without it on my Ubuntu PC for a couple of days. I am OK with doing my stuffs without it on my computer. But I'm having no good time with web ...
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How can I get chromium-browser to run fullscreen (not kiosk) in 12.04?
I have created a restricted user which logs in automatically and Chromium runs the default home page with the screen starting maximized but I want it to run in fullscreen (F11) mode. I tried kiosk ...
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Anti phishing software?
Is there an anti phishing software in ubuntu which may even rate websites while searching and surfing ,something like avg secure search in windows or the software u get with bitdefender which puts a ...
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Can Internet Explorer 9 or 10 be installed on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Trying to figure out whether the Internet Explorer 10 or Internet Explorer 9 can be installed on Ubuntu or not? Has anyone tried it successfully? Can it be installed in the first place?
I have ...
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Accessing IE only sites
Still there are companies who believe Windows is the only OS and IE is the only browser around. This prompts them to make sites which can be accessed only in IE. Though I have dual-boot system I boot ...
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Is there any browser for Ubuntu that pretends to be Internet Explorer? [duplicate]
I use Ubuntu 12.10. When I want to register for a service in some website, a messagebox appears saying "Please use Internet Explorer to use this item". The webdesigner assumes all users use Ms ...
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How to get Ubuntu to display unicode supplementary characters?
I have a standard desktop UI install of the latest Ubuntu distro and I'm trying to view this page: http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/supplementary-test.html
However none of the text display properly. I ...
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How to install MS Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9? [duplicate]
I recently started using Ubuntu 11.4 as my primary OS. I’m trying to find a way to run Internet Explorer on it.
Is there a way to install on Linux/wine IE7 or higher versions? I saw only ie4linux ...
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How do install Panda 3D on Precise or Quantal?
I want to install Panda 3D (browser plugin) on 12.10 or 12.04 (32-bit). I have tried several things and tried to compile from source. Any source/compiled/ppa would be appreciated.
I keep running ...
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Need a kid-safe browser like Zoodles
I have a six year old little sister. She gets online. My parents want her on a kid safe browser like Zoodles.
Are there any for Linux? Is it possible to install Zoodles on Linux? All the ones I've ...
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How do I get more up to date Silverlight/Moonlight?
For the german video streaming site SkyGo, I need Silverlight >= 4.06. I installed the most recent Moonlight plugin from http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/download.aspx but this version is to old to ...
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Time in gtalk and facebook chat is wrong
I messed with some time zone settings while installing Redis yesterday following this tutorial:
http://www.codingsteps.com/install-redis-2-6-on-ubuntu/
(at least I think this is when the problem ...
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Why internet explorer 6 trying to save all webpages?
I have successfully installed IE 6 using playonlinux, but I'm unable to browse any site. when I'm entering any address in the address bar, following message is pops up
You are downloading the ...
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Why can't I run Java Web Start Applications?
I have Ubuntu 12.10 for x86-64 on my PC and I'm trying to run a .jnlp file. I've installed Java 7 and the Java plugin for Mozilla Firefox manually (Because there is no .deb package for Java 7 for ...
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HTML Files not opening in browser
Previously when I clicked on an action in a program that opens an HTML file it would open in the browser automatically. However, now instead of opening in the browser, it opens a nautilus window with ...
