Chromium is the open source web browser that Google Chrome is based on.
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How do I put a web application on the Launcher?
Sometimes I see pictures of screenshots with people with web applications and nice icons on their launcher, how can I set this up?
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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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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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Does someone know why the Chromium daily package isn't build anymore?
It looks like chromium-browser @ https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa haven't been build for the past 6 weeks.
I tried to get in touch with them on launchpad but I've got no answers...
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How can I enable Chrome/Chromium Unity integration?
I installed Ubuntu yesterday on a new laptop. After downloading and installing Chrome, I realized that there is no experimental integration Gnome3/Unity flag in about:flags? I remember using the ...
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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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How to set which application is launched by xdg-open?
I have run update-alternatives as well as gnome preffered apps selection thing. And all point to have chromium browser as default. Yet when I run xdg-open http://askubuntu.com firefox is launched! ...
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How to configure chrome to open magnet url's with deluge?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) from 10.10, I can no longer open magnet (torrent) links in Chromium, and set deluge to automatically open and accept the url.
(Edit: currently ".torrent" ...
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How do I cherry pick packages from a PPA?
Is there a way to cherry pick packages from a ppa repository you add? That is, to exclude some from updating while including others?
For example, I want just the chromium-browser package from this ...
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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 do I completely uninstall Google Chrome and Chromium?
I'm having a problem with Chrome and one of its extensions, so I want to completely uninstall everything. I've uninstalled Chrome through the Software Center, but when I reinstall it, all of my ...
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Chromium “Show in Folder” opens in text editor
When I try and open a file I downloaded in Chromium, it opens in a text editor. (Geany)
I click on the arrow in the download bar and select "Show in folder".
I'm using Chromium daily stable and ...
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How to force active Launcher webpages to be from the Chromium icon? [closed]
So, I'm not quite sure how to word this, but I created some custom launchers for Chromium Browser's application shortcuts:
As you can see in the image, the Social website one is active because I ...
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Should I use No-Script?
I hear that web-browsing is the most likely origin of malware on a computer these days. I also hear that one doesn't need to worry about viruses on Linux. So, should I use a browser extension that ...
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Chromium web-app creation doesn't work in 12.10?
If you create an application of a website in Chromium and choose "desktop", a .desktop file is created. In 12.04, you were able to move it to ~/.local/share/applications/ and then start it from the ...
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Chromium 19+ for Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?
I'm looking for the repository with the latest Chromium 19+ build for Ubuntu because "ppa:chromium-daily/dev for ...
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How to manage “Unity WebApps Chromium extension” different options? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get the browser to reask me to integrate with a website?
I have installed the WebApps preview from the dedicated PPA, and more or less things are working for a ...
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Chrome desktop notifications use notify-osd?
Is there a way to make Chrome/Chromium's notifications use notify-osd instead of the ugly boxes it uses by default?
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Why doesn't Chromium have “Chrome PDF Viewer” plugin?
The Chrome build from Google has a Chrome PDF Viewer plugin which is really nice. But, the Chromium builds don't seem to have it (nothing shows up in about:plugins).
How do I get the plugin in ...
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How do I run Angry Birds?
I see that there is an HTML version of Angry Birds. How do I use it? I'd also like to have the icon on my launcher so I can run it as it's own application.
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How do I get the bleeding edge Chromium?
The following versions of Chromium are available at the moment :
Chromium Stable PPA (13.0.782.218)
Chromium Beta PPA (14.0.835.126)
Ubuntu Repo (14.0.835.202)
Chromium Dev PPA (15.0.865.0)
Chromium ...
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Is Chromium in Ubuntu's repository safe to use since it's so out of date?
Is Ubuntu Chromium still safe to use since its so out of date?
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Why does Chrome have so many processes on my machine?
I've got almost 20 processes for google chrome (whilst only having 4 tabs open, all with barebones HTML) , all hogging memory and either saying futex_wait_queue_me or poll_schedule_timeout.
My fan ...
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Active PPA for latest stable chromium? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?
I run chromium and used this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable
I just realized that it ...
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How do I get Chromium to show PDFs using Evince?
Is there any way to get Chromium to use a mozpluggerrc/evince combination to show PDFs embedded into its own window? Right now, Chromium is just downloading PDFs. I can open them in an external evince ...
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How do I get the latest (beta and development) version of Chromium?
Confronted with this issue I found that I need to run a version of Chromium that is newer then the one in the repositories in order to use an extension that I want.
Can I get a such new, even latest ...
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YouTube playback in Chromium ruined by “snow” [closed]
At some point in the last couple of weeks something has changed to my Chromium setup and now YouTube playback is afflicted with "yellow snow".
This does not occur on YouTube viewed with FF, nor does ...
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How to remove Unity web apps?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 and all has been great, except for the web apps feature.
I've tried adding a few web apps, but it's very buggy and not a very good experience. I'm also tired of ...
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Is there any way of changing the font size of the tabs in Chromium?
Is the a way of changing the font size of the tabs in Chromium?
Chromium 8.0.552.237 (70801)
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Chromium disappears from the launcher when minimised
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. When I minimise the Chromium browser window, the icon does not appear in the launcher. Instead it simply disappears. It had a video running, so I could still hear the audio ...
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X-notifier doesn't work in Chromium Browser
It just keeps checking in vain.
Also cannot import or export data, but get this error
I use the latest versions of both in Lubuntu 12.04.
In Google Chrome it works.
What could it be the ...
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What happened to the Ubuntu Chromium project? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does someone know why the Chromium daily package isn't build anymore?
What has happened to the Ubuntu Chromium project at https://launchpad.net/chromium-project? ...
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reverting from emacs keybindings in chrome
I enabled emacs keybindings as an experiment using gconftool-2 and setting /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme to Emacs. I wasn't happy with it and set it back to Default.
jeff@london:~ $ ...
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How can I join a Skype Public chat via links?
In Windows, I can join a Skype Public chat by pasting a Skype chat link into a web browser's address bar (or clicking a link which contains that URI), but it doesn't work in my Ubuntu 10.04 using ...
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Where do browsers keep temporary files?
How do I get in to my Temp Internet files?
In running Ubuntu 11.10 on an HP Laptop
I normally use Chromium but still have Fire Fox installed
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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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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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Chrome/Chromium middle mouse button for scroll Linux, Mac
Clicking the middle button does't allow me scroll the page. Is there any way to fix this behavior?
Information:
Ubuntu 10.10
Chromium 9.0.597.94
Logitech MX518
Update: also Chrome, and the other ...
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Why does Chrome video performance substantially degrade after waking from suspend in 10.10?
Note: For some more details, some of which may not be true given what I've figured out, see this post.
When I first boot my computer, video performance (both native H.264 HTML5 in YouTube and Vimeo, ...
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My Facebook doesn't work on Ubuntu 10.10 but works on Windows XP
I have both operating systems installed on my PC, but Facebook only works on XP.
I have tried Firefox and Chromium, but it works the first time, but after I log in it doesn't work, and can only open ...
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All Browsers Crashing on Ubuntu 12.04
This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, all browsers crash, especially when using Google Mail or Google Drive / Docs. I am using Google Chrome Version 23.0.1271.97 and Chromium Version 23.0.1271.64 ...
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How to make Chrome/Chromium remember passwords in the gnome seahorse keyring?
Is it possible to make chrome or chromium (as that comes default in the repos) to use the Gnome seahorse as password vault?
I have not found a way to do this for Firefox either, but maybe a solution ...
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“No such file” when running a 32-bit program on a 64-bit system
I downloaded a Chromium snapshot and unzipped it, like this:
michael@ubuntu:/opt/chrome-linux$ ls
chrome libffmpegsumo.so nacl_irt_x86_32.nexe
chrome.1 ...
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How do I change the default browser?
Despite Chromium being set as my preferred web browser under "System Info", when I click a link in an IM window of Pidgin, it opens in Firefox. How do I make it so that links open in Chromium?
I am ...
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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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How can I make Chromium open apt links with xdg-open?
Hello I installed this extension
because I want to open apt links clicked in Chromium with xdg-open.
I have looked at this help but haven't been successful. How can I acheive this?
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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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How to make Runescape work on 12.04?
I'm trying to play Runescape on Chromium, but it runs really slowly. I have IcedTea Java from the Software Center. I had to install it for the game to work at all, but it's not playable.
Does anyone ...
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Adobe flash player bug after upgrade to 11.10 [closed]
After upgrading to 11.10 I have an issue when loading a new flash video.
When the video loads, the audio and video gets stuck in fast forward, going at about the same speed as the loading bar. After ...
