Chromium is the open source web browser that Google Chrome is based on.
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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 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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Animals popping up randomly
There are pictures of animals that are popping up randomly on my computer. When I move the mouse over the animal it turns into a a sword icon, and when I click it, the animal disappears but after a ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Prism equivalent for Chromium?
I want to use Prism, but I don't want to use Firefox. Is there some similiar technology to Prism, based on Chromium instead of Firefox?
Thanx for your answers
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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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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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Can't set Chromium as default browser
I open Chromium and the browser ask me if I want to set it as my default browser. I click on "set as default" and close the browser.
But when I open Chromium again I get the same question. Ubuntu ...
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Why doesn't Chromium get quicker updates?
I'm running 10.04 and i'm still only on v12 even though we've just had v14 pushed out by Google and on 3 Sept a big update to v13 that revoked the Diginotar certificates. I was running a ppa at one ...
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Can I make new tabs open in my default Chrome(ium) profile?
I am using Chrome and Chromium 16.0.912.75 (from the stable channels). I find the profile feature really useful. However, when new tabs are opened, or when I launch Chrome for the first time, the ...
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Is there a way to stop Chrome/Firefox record history of a 'particular' website?
I want Chrome/Firefox NOT to record history of a 'particular' website. Is it possible to do so? I searched in preferences, but couldn't find a solution. Thanks in advance.
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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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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 can I resume a download started in Chromium?
I was in the middle of a large download in Chromium and the power supply to my computer failed (well I tripped over my power cord ...). I see the entry in chrome://downloads/ which says the download ...
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How can I make Chromium app windows count as “their own application” in the Unity launcher?
I'm trying to add a Chromium app window (chromium-browser --app=http://example.org) to the launcher. I've put together a .desktop file and it works, but all instances of Chromium get lumped together. ...
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Java is not working on some websites
I have icedtea6-plugin installed on my Ubuntu box. The weird thing is, when I am browsing the internet, certain websites are able to use Java and some websites don't. For instance, I am able to log in ...
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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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How can I disable Chrome/ium's Wrench menu?
Chromium now supports Unity menu bar integration. Because I can use the menu by moving my mouse to the panel, I have no need for the wrench menu. Is there a way to disable it?
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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 do I alias `as` to `askubuntu.com` in Chromium?
I keep typing as into chromium's address bar and hitting return, thinking it would take me to askubuntu.com.
Is there a way for me to alias it to askubuntu.com, so I stop wasting time closing the ...
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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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How to edit “Most Visited” section of new tab page in Chromium?
When I open a new tab in Chromium, it displays the 'new tab' page, which (among other things) contains the 'most visited' pages. I want to add a new webpage to that list. How do I do that?
I've ...
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Where are chromium extensions located?
Where are extensions stored once they've been installed to Chromium?
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Where are the daily builds for Chromium for 12.04?
I am running now Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin but i still have today problem with this sources for chromium. Anyone have the Daily-Dev apt sources for chromium?
Failed to fetch
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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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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 can I make preview windows for Chrome/Chromium display window contents for minimized Chrome windows?
If I have multiple gedit (for example) windows open, with some of them minimized, and I click on the gedit launcher icon twice, it shows previews of all gedit windows...including the minimized ones.
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Is there a version of Chrome or Chromium whose bookmarks are visible to the HUD?
I noticed that Firefox has bookmarks that can be executed in the HUD. Love it!
Chrome and Chromium, which run javascript apps much faster for some odd reason, allow for history to be called through ...
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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 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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Can you force open links that create a new tab, in the same tab?
I use chromium. Many times, I am following links, from one page to another, and I am done with the current tab and dont want to open a link that might possibly open in a new tab. I tried some ...
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Very High CPU usage (100%) from just browsing the Web
I tested on Firefox and Chromioum. Im at 100% while loading pages which causes them to load slow and when I dont have a application running Im at 40% CPU (At least)
Everything is slow basically. Im ...
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Should I force enable hardware acceleration in the browser?
Neither firefox nor chromium have hardware acceleration enabled by default right now. Firefox 4 has an option its registry to force it: layers.acceleration.force.enabled , which is by default set to ...
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How to install local applications in ltsp thin clients?
I've configured a ltsp server at home and built the thin client. Though, I'd now like to know how to add local applications to the thin client, namely chromium-browser and emacs24.
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Overlay scrollbar for Chromium browser [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enable Overlay Scrollbars In all Applications
Will Chromium Browser ever get overlay scrollbar? Like this:
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With Xmarks closing down, what is a good alternative?
I'd like to keep my bookmarks synced between different browsers, computers, and operating systems. What's the best browser plugin or other solution to keep my bookmarks synced between all of these?
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Can any browser switch to already open tab, if address you're opening is already open?
If "https://mail.google.com" is already open a tab, it it possible to have a browser switch to that tab if I try opening "https://mail.google.com" in a different tab?
What if I try opening the new ...
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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 resolve 'gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h: No such file or directory'
I am trying to compile chromium source on ubuntu 10.10. But I get this "gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h: No such file or directory" error. Can you please tell how can I fix it? I have the ...
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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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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 ...
