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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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 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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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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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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Google Chrome not rendering webpages correctly
I am facing some serious web page rendering issues with Chrome.
It is more prominent during javascript based animations and stuff on websites like youtube.
I have tried removing chrome using (sudo ...
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Browse internet inside terminal
Is there any other package other than elinks so that I browse internet inside the terminal using terminal as a browser. I feel elinks is a bit difficult to operate.
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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 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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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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Will browsers in Ubuntu touch support flash?
Will the Ubuntu Touch browsers support flash?
Are they the same as the full desktop versions? I would love to be able to see flash content.
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How to launch default web browser from the terminal?
I was wondering what's the terminal command to open the default web browser.
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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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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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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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All browsers crashing after upgrade
After system update yesterday, all browsers on Ubuntu 11.10 seem to be crashing. The system is almost unusable because browsers have been essential these days. There is no way to use any browser for ...
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Internet Explorer 8 in Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install MS Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9?
Is it possible to get IE8 running in Ubuntu? It seems quite feasible to me, as I had gotten IE7 to run via Wine awhile ...
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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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Some websites are not opening in any web browser (firefox/chrome). What should I do? [closed]
Some websites are not opening in my system. I am using Ubuntu 12.10. Earlier, when I was using Ubuntu 10.10,11.10 there was no such issue.
The problem was started in ubuntu 12.04, but it remained the ...
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Firefox Slow Performance
I have to say, firefox on ubuntu's performance is attrocious. Very quickly it gets into 100% cpu use (thank god I have multiple cores) and hundreds of megs of ram. Even closing tabs does not help the ...
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Browser's back button hidden by unity launcher
Usually when i try to reach a back button on my browser, I end up with a launcher popping over it. So instead of simply pushing "back" button I have to deal with a launcher.
I think this is unity's ...
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Uploading or attaching files that located on a shared drive doesn't work?
I have this odd, quite minor, but annoying issue that I am quite perplexed about.
Whenever I try to upload a file via my browser(let's say attach a file to an email in GMail), I click 'Browse' button ...
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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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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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Certain websites not opening in 12.04 [closed]
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a dual boot. I have an issue accessing certain websites such as google but no such problem in windows. What could be the problem? The same issue exists in all ...
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Where to find other versions of Opera browser as deb packages?
I used Opera mainly for the Unite feature now to be abandoned.
It is missing in v. 12. Some say its features will re-emerge in future extensions etc. Until then, Unite is still accessible in v. 11. ...
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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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Is there any way I can get my Google Chrome to go back a page by pressing backspace?
Something I seem to be missing is when I press backspace the page doesn't go back to the last page as it did in Windows, does anyone have any ways around this?
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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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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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Problem in Loading certain Websites in Ubuntu 11.10
I have a DSL connection in Ubuntu 11.04 and am having problems loading content from certain websites(such as heroku.com, ubuntuforums.org) mostly providing CDN services, though google and gmail run ...
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flash videoplayer not working properly
Flashs on websites are shown without any problem on both Firefox and Chrome. However, flash video players are not working properly; just background color and nothing at all. Interestingly youtube ...
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1answer
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Minimum to install for a visual web browser in Ubuntu Server
I have set up a machine with Ubuntu Server. Some of the server software I want to run on it has web based user interfaces for setting it up et cetera. I know I could connect to it from a different ...
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Installing acroread without browser plugin
The acroread packages includes both the standalone viewer and the browser plugin. I need acroread for some annoying javascript-laced pdfs, but as an everyday viewer I prefer evince. Does anyone know ...
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Unable to load pages in web browsers
Using Ubuntu 11.10, I am having a problem browsing web pages. I tested my connection by pinging different sites. All of them reply to me, but my browsers do not work. The problem is not specific to ...
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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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Which browser (if any) will be able to play video and audio at VKontakte (vk.com) in Ubuntu without a flash plugin?
I'm primarily concerned about this question for Ubuntu on Toshiba AC100 (ARM), because a Flash plugin for browsers is not available as a working package for Ubuntu on AC100, but it is a general ...
