Questions tagged [browser]
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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How to install Flash player on Ubuntu?
Even though I have the latest Adobe Flash player 11.2 for Linux in Firefox -
ref: Flash player security doubts - a particular online flash game still requests that I update to the latest flash player....
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How to install Opera Browser?
I am trying to install opera browser from the terminal. I downloaded the 'debian' installer because it didn't show up in software center.
It completely destroyed my software center - it is frozen ...
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Browsing the internet from the command line
How can I browse the Internet from the command line in Ubuntu?
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How do I install Waterfox?
The Waterfox web browser is a 64-bit-only open source project based on Firefox.
I would like to see how is the performance compared to Firefox, apparently its better.
Being new to Linux, it's a ...
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How to set the Default Browser from the Command Line?
Tried to set the default browser using the GUI tools but this didn't work overall. Is there a way to configure the system wide default browser from command line?
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Open Nautilus as a new tab in an existing window
Currently, if I click a launcher, shortcut icon, etc., I will get a new Nautilus window. If there is already a Nautilus window open, I would rather it open up in a new tab in the existing window (as ...
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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 I make man pages open in a web browser?
How can I make manpages (from the man command) open in a web browser for easier navigation?
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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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Slack shows opened links to browser as another slack instance in task bar
If I open a link sent to me on Slack, the new browser window opened shows up as 'another' Slack window. Is there any way to have it correctly group the new browser window with the existing browser ...
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Internet is working, but Firefox 67 browser cannot connect after update
I have been using Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04 for several weeks. I currently have firefox 67.0 (freshly updated).
Since the update, firefox cannot connect to the internet anymore.
The internet is working ...
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How to clear browser's cache and cookies from terminal
I want to clear my firefox cache and cookies from terminal.What can i do?
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Is there any web browser with NPAPI plugins support?
As per this article, Mozilla has dropped the support of NPAPI plugins from Mozilla Firefox version 52. Is there any web browser with NPAPI plugin support? I have to use a website frequently, which ...
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Firefox "clone" for Ubuntu
In Windows I use, beside the main Firefox installation, one or even two "Firefox clones" for different purposes (specifically oriented addons and configurations, light configuration without addons, ...
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How to install Brave web browser for 32-bit lubuntu 16.04?
Trying to install as directed, my Terminal output contains the following:
user@user-computer:~$ snap install brave --beta
The program 'snap' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
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External links are opened as blank tabs in new browser window in Chrome
Since I installed Ubuntu (fresh install on a new machine), and set Google Chrome as default browser, whenever I open links from external apps these are open as blank tabs in new browser window (no ...
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How to have Google Chrome Canary on Ubuntu?
How can I have Google Chrome Canary for Ubuntu?
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Is there some kind of icon browser?
When making a custom launcher, it is nice to have a matching icon for it from the default usr ubuntu directories. The problem that is: Ubuntu seems to store icons in about 50 or more folders. Browsing ...
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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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Why is Chromium not updated automatically as Firefox is?
Firefox was automatically updated to version 14 a few days ago through update manager, but Chromium web browser is still stuck in version 18 while Google Chrome is already in version 20. Why does this ...
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How to install Microsoft Silverlight on Firefox on 12.04?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on my system. I am using Mozilla Firefox 37.0 and Google Chrome 41.0 browsers.
I went to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/about in both browsers. In ...
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My browsers can not connect to the internet while my Ubuntu is connected
I am using Ubuntu 1604, and I am connected to a WiFi network.
My computer is connected, I can download and install updates, I can use skype, telegram desktop and everything but my google chrome ...
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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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How can I install the Opera browser from the terminal?
Since this .deb bug is causing a lot of issues, I must resort to install the Opera browser using the terminal. Which is just fine, but I also need to add it to the repository for automatic updates.
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Ubuntu Touch: Google Hangouts on bq M10
Google Hangouts doesn't work in the default browser on Ubuntu Touch OTA10.1. It just gives a message "It appears as if you're using an old or uncommon browser that doesn't support common standards".
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How to have websites fit the screen?
on high resolution screens websites are mostly blank.How to have them stretched to fit the screen?
I've tried Internet Explorer and Opera and on Linux too: Firefox and Chrome
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Is there a text mode browser which supports javascript?
I need to configure my router remotely, and links etc won't work because the router config page uses javascript and refuses to run without it.
Obviously, shame on netgear for being this crap, but is ...
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Opera and Safari installation [duplicate]
How do I install Opera and Safari on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32 bit? Can anyone help? Opera I downloaded but could not get it installed. On the other hand I did not try Safari, even I don't have any idea if ...
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Stop using flash? Or improve the flash experience?
I'd like to setup my Ubuntu to work without Flash (= not installed), but still be able to view videos on sites like Youtube, wisevid, etc. I want to try this because recently Flash has crashed a ...
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Using Terminal as a web browser [duplicate]
I've found that terminal can be used for various purposes. This will be great if I can use it as a web browser. Is there any way to use it as a web browser??
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Watch QuickTime videos in the browser?
It's rather frustrating to me that I can't watch any of the videos on Apple's site. Is there a QuickTime plugin for Chrome or Firefox, and if not, why?
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How to remove chromium-browser settings from Ubuntu 14.04?
I have already gone through
How do I completely uninstall Google Chrome and Chromium? and I'm really not getting why the solutions given there are not working for me.
What I'm doing is:
sudo apt-...
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What are the available browsers for 128 MB of RAM PC?
Running 12.04 with VirtualBox and I set it for 128MB of RAM. I cannot use more than 128MB of RAM.
Since the browsers I know like Firefox, Google Chrome and Chromium seem to eat more RAM, could ...
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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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How do I change the browser that gnome terminal opens links with?
I'd like gnome-terminal to open links with the Chrome browser, but it insists on opening them with Firefox.
I've followed both pieces of advice found here without any success:
http://www....
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Cannot Use Emoji within Browsers
This is probably a really simple fix, but I cannot for the life of me get emoji to work in any browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi) on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04. I can bring up the picker with Ctrl+Alt+...
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Always logged out from Chrome
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with Chrome 53.0.2785.101, and am experiencing the problem,that whenever I boot my laptop and open up Chrome, I'm logged out. I see a yellow triangle next to my name and have to ...
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How to change default program for http(s):// links in Xubuntu/XFCE
I am using XFCE on Xubuntu. I want my default browser to be Chromium.
In Settings Manager > Preferred Applications web browser is set to Chromium.
In gconf-editor: /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http ...
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Website display problem - across all browsers
whenever I go to getpersonas.com or youtube the page loads like this:
How can I fix this?
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About chrome page loading issue [closed]
I'm a stranger here :)
Actually, I have used Ubuntu as a main OS with my notebook about for a year.
And Chrome has been a my primary web browser. You know, chrome was the best browser for me 2 weeks ...
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ctrl + a doesn't work in browsers
The combination for select all (Ctrl+A) doesn't work in a browser (either if we speak about firefox or chromium). It doesn't work if I try to clik in to the adress bar nor if I try to use it to select ...
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How can I install the Safari web browser?
I want to install the Apple Safari browser on my Ubuntu 10.04 machine in order to test the latest HTML5 and CSS3 features of the browser.
I believe it is possible to use WINE for this but I want to ...
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How do I browse a website that uses WebGL?
I want to run this site: http://www.zygotebody.com/
But, it says that WebGL is required.
How do I install it? I have Firefox version 3.6.13 and Chromium version 8.0.552.215.
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Default Browser for certain application
I use google chrome browser for private stuff, but on the same machine I have my work toolset. For work things I use Firefox, and I would be really happy If I could assign it as default for HipChat (...
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Chromium doesn't work
My chromium browser doesn't work for some reason. What I mean by that is that it doesn't even start up when I click on chromium icon or choose chromium from applications menu. What might be the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 freezes when watching youtube videos [closed]
When I watch videos on YouTube, the computer starts freezing. Sometimes it unfreezes after 10 seconds or so, but sometimes it doesn't. It happens both in Firefox and Chromium, although in Chromium it'...
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Why does Firefox tell me in my preference that my browser is being managed by my organization?
I’m using 20.04 and in preference tab is where I found this.
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Ubuntu 14.04 WebBrowser.app does not see flash
The new WebBrowser.app now in Ubuntu 14.04LTS 64bit does not play flash.
I have Adobe flash installed and working both in Firefox and Chrome, but the Browser.app says it is not installed.
When I try ...
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Can I uninstall & replace Firefox with another browser of my choice?
I don't like the Firefox Web browser, and I prefer to use something else.
How can I remove it and use a browser of my choice?
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Where are my browser passwords stored?
When we prompt our browser to save credentials once we log into a web application, they store our corresponding username and password. I know to recover these things from my browser. But I want to ...