Chromium is the open source web browser that Google Chrome is based on.
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Chrome won't work and won't let me uninstall it
At one point I was using Chrome and then one day it just stopped working. All of a sudden it would open but the "Oh Snap" warning would come up. It doesn't matter what I do, it only shows the "Oh ...
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ubuntu webapps create multiple icons when opened
I recently installed chromium on ubuntu 13.04 and started using webapps. The problem is for every webapp open there is an icon for the webapp and an icon for chromium in my launcher.
For example if i ...
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How Do I Create a Chromium Web app with 13.04 and Gnome Shell?
Can't seem to find out how to do this? I specifically want to create a web app for Evernote
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about:blank opens in Chromium when I type into the dash
Here's a rather odd problem I'm having. Whenever I open the dash and type into it, Chromium opens up and opens an "about:blank" tab for just about every letter I write into the dash. Why is it doing ...
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Can't boot Chromium OS from USB! [closed]
I've recently downloaded the vanilla chromium os from hexxah and have written it on my usb stick. I followed every step and plugged it into my laptop. After I changed the boot order I managed to boot ...
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Turn off all sounds from websites
Often, I am listening to music of my choosing. Is there a way to preemptively turn off all sounds originating from websites? I don't want to click the 'mute' button once the page loads. And ...
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Blocking popups and ads
I'm having a fight with ads, popups and tracking cookies. But I'm having some issues.
Software used:
Chromium 18.0.1025.168
Extensions used:
Adblock Plus (Beta)1.2
AdBlock+ Element Hiding ...
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Flash on Chromium no longer works
Flash has stopped working in Chromium on 13.04 after some updates today. It doesn't even show up chrome://plugins/.
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Can you install softwares on a wubi-installed ubuntu? 12.04 LTS
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Wubi so I can choose to boot from Windows or Ubuntu with some simple key presses.
But when I tried to download Google Chrome for Linux (on the official website it ...
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YouTube lag using Chromium on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit
I'm experiencing frustrating lags when trying to watch just about any YouTube video. Some of them load okay, but more often than not only first ~15 seconds load instantly and the rest is either ...
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Unity Web Apps create duplicate icon in the unity sidebar
This behavior extends to all installed Unity Web Apps using Chromium. After a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 the apps were working correctly and selecting a web app from the sidebar would result in an ...
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Ubuntu Chrome browser is having any instance bug issue? Is it browser bug or Ubuntu desktop theme related bug?
When i run Chrome in Ubuntu as Kiosk mode, it open the same site twice, how can i make it one instance only? (my web application does not work if it open twice).
For example to open one site it runs ...
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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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Is Chromium still under consideration for Unity?
During uds-m there were discussions to include Chromium as the default browser for the - back then - netbook edition. However, it was opted to stay with Firefox.
Have there been further discussions ...
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How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?
Is there an easier way to install Chromium 16 (or upgrade 15 to 16) than what is described here?
Furthermore, is there an easier way to stay upto date with current Chromium releases rather than ...
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Chromium not recognized as an open window by Alt+Tab
So I am working with multiple windows and use Alt-Tab to switch among them. I noticed that even though I am using chromium browser and it is currently open (in foreground, or background), Alt Tab does ...
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How to recieve streamed audio with Chromium in Lubuntu?
Running Lubuntu 13.04 fresh install.
Default chromium install fails on pls or m3u streaming audio, after attempting to install the plugin, due to following error:
could not load mplayerplug-in is ...
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How to properly Install chromium from zip and make it the default browser?
Since the Chromium PPA is no longer maintained, for those of us preferring to use Chromium over Chrome, we have two options:
Build and Install from Source
Download either 'beta' or daily builds (in ...
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How to Update Java for use with Chromium on 13.04
I followed the instructions here: Oracle (Sun) Java JRE for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian and successfully have enabled latest Java and works properly with Firefox. Chromium; however, reports that I ...
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How to integrate KeyPass and Chrome/Chromium using ChromIPass?
I'm trying to integrate KeyPass and Chrome/Chromium after installing ChromIPass when I try to connect to KeyPass, It gives the following error:
ChromeIPass has been disconnected from KeePassHttp.
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Mouse “thumb” button to navigate forward and back?
I recently installed 13.04 on my desktop, and can't seem to get this working in Chromium. Not sure if it's supposed to work in the file browser, or what.
I've spent the last two hours looking through ...
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Flash Player Issues
Flash videos don't work online (namely YouTube, et al). I had tried reinstalling the flash player add-on and doing a system update but no improvement.
The problem started just after installing Ubuntu ...
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How to create Chrome/Chromium web application desktop shortcut?
I'm not able to create desktop/Unity short cut for web applications using Chromium/Google Chrome web browser in Ubuntu 12.10.
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Where does Chromium keeps the YouTube video files?
I know that in Windows, Internet Explorer stores .flv temp files in temporary folder (C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files) when viewing YouTube. And the same ...
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How can I open these .docx files from Chrome more quickly?
This is a very specific question. I'm a lawyer from Chile, the thing is we use a webpage to check on the state of our judiciary cases.
The problem when I started using Ubuntu (and Chromium) is that ...
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Open irc:// links in XChat from Firefox and Chromium
I want to open channels in servers specified in irc:// links in XChat, but directly pointing to XChat binary (in Firefox) did not work - the window to choose servers appears as usual. I don't know how ...
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Out of the box Ubuntu 13.04 with Chromium does not automatically use web apps
I really like the web apps feature in Ubuntu, but when I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and cChromium the automatic integration didn't work. I have no idea how to kick-start the integration.
Anyone an idea?
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Installed Ubuntu on chromebook, Ubuntu asks for password that wasn't ever set
I installed ubuntu 12.04 on my chromebook.
It didn't asked me for a password at first, but when I attempted to install a software from the store it's asking me for a password which I never set.
As ...
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Annoying terminal after ChromeOS development
I have this annoying prompt at the start of every terminal after i installed the google Chromium OS developer kit and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it for the life of me. The prompt looks ...
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Is there any way to get proper Unity WebApps integration in Firefox?
In Chromium, if I open, say, Facebook as a webapp, the window that appears has no url, tabs, nor bookmarks bar -- making it a web app rather than just a browser window. However, if I do the same ...
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How to change the Chromium font in Ubuntu 12.10?
The font in chromium 12.10 is really ugly (you can especially see it on facebook).
How can I get a ClearType like font?
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Chromium doesn't play sound
I have Chromium installed on Ubuntu 12.10, but aside from flash things, it seems I can't get a sound out of it.
For instance, I installed an extension, SpeakIt, which is supposed to read paragraphs ...
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Lubuntu Wine IDM set up with Chromium help needed
i'm very new to this forum and to linux. switching from Windows OS is tough at the start and i'm having few problems. i installed Lubuntu because i've old system. i totally love it but i have one ...
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how do you add a home button and tabs to custom written web browser in ubuntu
how do you code in a home button for a web browser?
im creating a web browser in ubuntu for use in ubuntu. I am using a mix of Glade, Python, quickly, WebKit and WebView
i have got nearly ...
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Chromium-Browser starts with unmaximized window
Chromium browser by default start with an unmaximized window in my Ubuntu system and I've to manually do maximize.
How can I open chromium browser maximized by default?
Also, I've locked the launcher ...
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Install Chromium Adobe plugins error
i cannot view any video because of this. i dont want to use any other browser. when i click "install plugins" , it takes me to the adobe website and it tells that Chromium and Chrome have built in ...
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How do I make Chromium use Flash from Google Chrome?
Now, that Adobe has stopped issuing new releases for Linux desktops, the only option for users is to use Google Chrome, for those who want to use the latest Flash updates.
I use Chromium. Is there any ...
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Chromium passwords lost on migration
04 and have a problem. I have migrated many times, and I always just grab the chromium data, including passwords, in the file .config/chromium.
Which I did, and all my stuff is there, bookmarks, ...
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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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How to print file directly, circumventing the print dialog?
How to print in single command/shortcut (like Ctrl+P) without showing the print configuration window?
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Online accounts in 12.10 Facebook not working [closed]
I've added my Google, Twitter, and Windows Live accounts without any issues.
However, when I try to add a Facebook account, instead of opening in the system dialogue for online accounts, it opens up ...
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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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Is it possible to tell Chromium to always “keep” PDFs?
I download a lot of PDFs in Chromium and always get a warning telling me that "files of this type can harm [my] computer", which forces me to manually confirm every download. I've enabled the "always ...
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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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Unity webapp working on Firefox, but not on Chromium
I just created an webapp integration for Feedly (https://github.com/eudennis/unity-webapps-feedly), but I can't figure why it work in FIrefox, but won't work at Chromium.
Any idea?
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Java will not run in Chromium, Google Chrome and Firefox
I am having major issues with Ubuntu and Kubuntu with regards to JAVA on websites using Chromium, Google Chrome or Firefox.
I have tried everything to install JAVA, but it's not happening. Ubuntu ...
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PDF viewer in chromium? [duplicate]
Google Chrome has plugin to view pdf files inside the browser.
Is there any plugin for chromium which can do this?
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Chromium doesn't show up to be selected as default browser
I installed Chromium, but can not select it as my default browser. Where does Ubuntu keep the list of applications shown in this menu?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity as my environment.
I also tried ...
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How can I enable java in Chromium?
I've got java working on firefox in Ubuntu 11.04, but using the same page on chromium tells me java cannot be found.
How can I enable java on chromium in my Ubuntu 11.04?
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Lubuntu window geometry - force window to always open in the same location?
I'd like my Chromium window to open with the same size and in the same place every time. I thought I'd be able to make this happen by editing lubuntu-rc.xml like this:
chromium-browser ...
