Questions tagged [chromium]
Chromium is the open source (BSD-licenced) web browser that Google Chrome is based on. Use this tag for questions about installing, configuring or using the free software Chromium browser, not the proprietary Chrome browser published by Google.
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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 Chromium without snap?
I just discovered that chromium will only be released as a snap package.
How can I continue to get chromium, without snap? Is this possible without building from source?
Notes:
Please let's keep to ...
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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 do I install Chromium from the command line?
I have already tried using the Ubuntu Software Center, but it won't install the Chromium browser. How can I install it using the terminal?
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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 do I make Thunderbird open links in Chromium?
I want to be able to click links in Thunderbird emails and have them open in Chromium (package name chromium-browser). Instead, they open in Firefox.
I have tried the following:
xfce preferred ...
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Chrome/Chromium middle mouse button for scroll Linux, Mac
Clicking the middle button doesn'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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How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?
Is there an easier way to install Chromium than what is described here?
Furthermore, is there an easier way to stay up to date with current Chromium releases rather than having to re-build Chromium ...
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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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How to remove snap completely without losing the Chromium browser?
I am wondering whether or not there is a way to completely remove snap from Ubuntu 19.10 without losing the ability to install important applications like Chromium.
When I just recently updated to ...
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WhatsApp Web is asking to update Chrome while using Chromium
I am using Chromium Version 71.0.3578.80 (Official Build) on Ubuntu, running on Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit).
This morning my WhatsApp Web tab asked me to update Chrome with the following message:
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Chromium 34 and later cannot detect flash plugin
I've deleted ~/.macromedia and ~/.adobe contents and after a restart chromium can't detect flash plugin. It works just fine in Firefox
I have only "Chromoting Viewer" on chrome://plugins/
chromium-...
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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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Where are chromium extensions located?
Where are extensions stored once they've been installed to Chromium?
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Sync Chromium with a Google account does not work any more … solutions?
Since around today, March 10, 2021 and recent update to 89.0.4389.82 Chromium stopped syncing to Google accounts. As is turns out, this is due to some changes made by Google.
What can we as users do?
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How to configure Chrome to open magnet URI'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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Font characters displayed as squares in Ubuntu 18.04
Recently, on my Ubuntu 18.04 I have noticed that at least on gnome-calculator and chromium browser the fonts are displayed as squares. I have followed instructions here and here, the calculator is ...
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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 can I install the flash player for Chromium in Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I was wondering if someone could tell me how to install the adobe flashplayer for Chromium in Ubuntu 16.04.
Thanks
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Chrome Slow in 16.10 with multiple windows in different workspaces
To reproduce:
open chrome,
open a new window (ctrl-n),
move that window to a different workspace,
use chrome normally (i.e. open and close new tabs, type into omnibar).
Google Chrome will behave ...
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How do I fix Flash issues?
I am having problems with Adobe Flash in Ubuntu, what are my options?
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What is CryptoTokenExtension in Chromium extensions?
What is CryptoTokenExtension in Chromium extensions? It's not from Chrome Web store, and cannot be removed. Is it safe to use?
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How can I set which application is launched by 'xdg-open'?
I have run update-alternatives as well as the GNOME Preferred apps selection thing. And all point to have the Chromium browser as the default. Yet, when I run xdg-open http://askubuntu.com, Firefox is ...
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Youtube says "This video is currently unavailable"
Chromium on Ubuntu 12.04. Youtube says:
This video is currently unavailable
I don't know why but this is the case for some videos, but not all. Well, most videos. And I don't know what's wrong.
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Why isn't Chromium up-to-date in all the Ubuntu LTS repos, like Firefox is?
The chromium-browser package in Ubuntu's LTS repos is rather old for the older 12.04LTS & 14.04LTS. See this search of Ubuntu's packages for chromium-browser to see that chromium-browser is at:
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How to disable Chrome's Incognito Mode?
I use this extension called Website Blocker to discourage me from checking Gmail/Reddit. However, it is easy and tempting to open a New Incognito Window; since extensions are disabled in Incognito ...
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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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Using Chromium v52, Chromecast no longer works and can't find device
On the prior version of Chromium the Chromecast extension could find my Google Chromecast v2 devices. Now it can't and it says it can not find any devices when I try to cast. What's going on and how ...
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Firefox freezing with 100% CPU usage for 30 seconds when launching Chromium
Recently I started to observe this very confusing and annoying, not to say worrying behaviour when having Firefox open and then launching Chromium:
For around 30 seconds, Firefox' child processes ...
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URL extensions.gnome.org for managing GNOME Extensions not working in any browser
I upgraded my Dell Optiplex 9010 to Ubuntu 18.04 from Ubuntu 16.04. None of my GNOME web-browser-extensions (used for managing and installing extensions) work, neither the ones I have installed on ...
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"Your profile could not be opened correctly." while opening Chrome(ium)
The Error reads:
Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.
I have ...
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Why can't Chromium suddenly access any partition except for /home?
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 and to my horror I discovered that the default browser Chromium can no longer access other partitions than /home.
This means that my partitions containing music and ...
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Why has the "Ubuntu app" full access to my Google account?
The same (or similar) topic was already covered on Ask Ubuntu some time ago:
Ubuntu 17.04 Chromium Browser quietly provides full access to Google account
I just performed a new clean installation of ...
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How do I remove/disable the Chrome/Chromium notification-center system indicator?
After upgrading recently, I noticed that when running Chromium, there is a new bell icon in the system indicators area in the upper right. The menu gives the options as such:
Chromium - notifications
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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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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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java plugin in Chromium
Icedtea-7-plugin installed but it does not appears in the list in about:plugins in Chromium.
Not able to execute java applets.
Tried installing Icedtea-7-plugin but in vain.
Using openjdk7 in 14.04
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How to install specific versions of Google Chrome / Chromium?
I'm looking for standalone packages for Google Chrome / Chromium which can be extracted and used as binaries for my Selenium test suite.
How do I go about such a thing?
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How can I get chromium-browser to run fullscreen (not kiosk) in 12.04?
I have created a restricted user which logs in automatically and Chromium runs the default home page with the screen starting maximized but I want it to run in fullscreen (F11) mode. I tried kiosk ...
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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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How to change the ugly chrome/chromuim tray icon
I'm writing a script to fix hardcoded indicator icons, and i'm having a problem fixing the google chrome/chromium indicator icon.
There's two icons that are shown in the tray; i managed to fix the ...
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How to launch google-chrome/chromium application shortcut in fullscreen/kiosk mode
I'm trying to boot a chrome application shortcut in full screen (kiosk mode).
Launching as an application shortcut is straightforward by appending the command --app=http://website.com. But the kiosk/...
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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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Is there a keyboard shortcut for "save link as" in firefox or chrome?
I'm tired of right-clicking. Can I do a "Save Link As" by holding a keyboard button and clicking the link?
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Ctrl+F4 doesn't work in KDE for Firefox / Chrome / Chromium
I observed that the shortcut for closing a tab in Firefox/Chrome/Chromium (Ctrl+F4) doesn't work on KDE. It seems it is being intercepted by KWin.
Is there any fix or workaround for this problem?
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Can't watch youtube videos with chromium on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit [duplicate]
I've digged all over google but I can't find any solution to my problem.
Firefox works pretty well. I have this issue only with chromium and only with youtube. I have no problem watching videos at ...
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Google Chrome System Dark Mode
When I switch Ubuntu 20.04 to dark mode (via gnome-tweak-tool > appearance > Shell > Yaru-dark and the Appearance section of the system app) Google Chrome doesn't seem to think that my OS/System ...
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How do I install support for Unicode emoji in Chromium?
How do I make Chromium on Kubuntu render Emoji Unicode characters ?
Like these : 💘💙💜💗💚❤💓💛💚💗
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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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Chrome and Chromium are taking a long time to load
I am on Ubuntu 16.04.2 and today Google Chrome and Chromium started taking a long time to load. Once opened, they freeze frequently.
I loaded Chrome from the command line and got this message:
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