Google Chrome is a Webkit-based browser. It is the non-open-source version of Chromium and differs in having several proprietary add-ons, such as custom flash and PDF plugins and crash and user metric reporting (not enabled by default).
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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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YouTube movies are playing too fast with chrome
I've got movies playing in fast forward in YouTube HTML 5 mode if I play it in Google Chrome. If I open it with Firefox, it plays well. Any ideas?
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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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Can I make links to email addresses open Gmail instead of Evolution?
When I click on a link to an email address in Firefox or Google Chrome a "Welcome to Evolution" screen appears. Can I make Gmail open instead, or at the very least disable Evolution from running?
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Dependency error while installing google chrome on Ubuntu 13.04
I Installed Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit Unity Desktop environment and did the routine OS update.
Downloaded the 64 bit .deb file from google chrome website and tried installing it ,which resulted to the ...
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Do Unity webapps work in Google Chrome?
I'm using the latest stable Chrome for Linux built from Google and I just installed the Unity WebApps preview.
Unfortunately I can't figure out how to set it up. In tutorials I read that unity should ...
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How to tell chrome what to do with a magnet link
Right now it throws its apron over its head and calls firefox, which opens the link with rtorrent. What do I need to do to eliminate the firefox step?
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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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Google Chrome 20: How to workaround poor performance with Flash? [closed]
After the update to "Google Chrome 20.0.1132.47" google-chrome started to lag. It gets stuck for couple of seconds and then it resumes. The issue seems to start after I enter any flash site
Running ...
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How to solve jitter (or stutter) playback via Chrome flash plugin?
Since the update to 12.04, there's been a problem specifically related to audio/video playback in Google Chrome.
The problem only affected the Google version but not the Chromium nor the Firefox ...
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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 install Chrome browser properly via command line?
Setting up and managing an Ubuntu server all by myself, in coming months, is a part of my current plans. Hence, I am planning a swtich from Windows to Linux - - Ubuntu. I now need to get some grip on ...
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How can I enable silent automatic updates for Google Chrome?
Installing Google Chrome causes a third-party software source to be added from which Google Chrome upgrades can be retrieved:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
### THIS FILE IS ...
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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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Is there a work around to get protected Hulu or Amazon Prime instant videos working?
When I went to watch some only episodes of star trek on Amazon Prime, the player would get stuck on updating. I followed the instructions here and doing so actually worked for 3 seconds. It was the ...
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This flash plugin was blocked because it is out of date
I being a developer want to use Flash version 10.1 or older on some of my Ubuntu machines. The problem is each time I run Google Chrome on this Lucid 64 bit machine (which is the only machine with me) ...
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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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How do I configure Chrome to use the system installed Flash instead of the bundled one?
I just updated to Chrome 20.0.1132.43 which includes Flash 11.3.31.109. Since that update most of the flash videos I watch online will randomly display erratic behavior (skipping like a broken CD, ...
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Is Apt-get Update Lag Related to Google Chrome?
I have Google Chrome installed from the Google Chrome repository. When I run sudo apt-get update, I notice that getting headers relating to Google Chrome takes more time than is needed to get all the ...
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Where is the Flash in Chrome?
I installed Google Chrome. This is the first thing I did after installing Ubuntu. I went into firefox, and went to chrome.google.com, and hit the button. I don't like package managers, and avoid the ...
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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 run TurboTax online?
I want to use TurboTax online to do my Income Tax but apparently Ubuntu (or any other flavor of Linux) is not supported. Is there any way around this? I have Chrome and Firefox but both get the "Not ...
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Why is Google Chrome displaying artifacts in YouTube? [closed]
Since installing 12.10, Chrome has been displaying bizarre colored artifacts over youtube videos, I can still watch the videos, but it's more than a little irritating.
I've installed Chromium, and ...
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Hide 'Your profile could not be opened correctly'
I have a small public internet cafe, with Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. I'm using
Google Chrome 7.0.517.44 (64615), with AutoScroll - Version: 2.7.5; AdBlock is removed because of high CPU loads, and ...
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After some time, flash videos “speed up” in Chrome [closed]
Using 12.04, 64bit. Does not happen in Firefox though.
After some time, the flash videos in the Chrome browser start to speed up. Resulting in crackled sound and generally making the videos ...
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How can I move Chrome's buttons to the right in Gnome3's Shell
I switched from Unity to Gnome Shell in Ubuntu. Now Chrome has the buttons on the left side, but I want them on the right. How can I fix this without switching to the system titlebar?
I also tried ...
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How do I put web applications in my Unity Launcher?
Early screenshots of Unity showed web applications on the launcher that would get launched in the browser.
I heavily use Chrome's "appmode", which makes .desktop files of web applications and runs ...
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Adobe flash player not working with Amazon Prime
I have ubuntu 12.04 64bit using Google Chrome. I had chromium from the app center then today amazon prime video stopped working. It told me to update Flash. So I uninstalled chromium and installed ...
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Chrome puts itself on Startup Applications
I don't know if this happened with Oneiric, but since I installed Precise I have noticed that Google Chrome put itself on my Startup Applications and processes like "chrome-no-startup-window", ...
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Why have my google chrome extensions all been put into a tiny dropdown?
On my windows PC in my office, my chrome extensions are all along the toolbar as they always have been, however on my ubuntu machine at home they are now in a dropdown next to the spanner icon. It's a ...
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Google Chrome does not keep cookies.
There have been a number of users reporting this starting as early as google chrome 11.0.696 on Lucid Lynx. I am seeing it currently on chrome version 16.0.912.75 (Official Build 116452) on Oneiric ...
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The package is of bad quality - google chrome [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a “bad quality” package?
I'm doing a fresh install of 12.10 and am trying to install Google Chrome. I've downloaded the deb from http://chrome.google.com and am ...
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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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How to get online Movie Rental Service to Work
I turned to Ubuntu 12.10 (and then Mint...and then back) as a means for giving one last leg to an old PC. I'm thrifty, and thought Ubuntu's UI was very attractive. As it stands, I love how Ubuntu ...
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WebGL on Google Chrome with AMD card
When I try to use Cooliris for Google Chrome it shows the following message
WebGL did not initialize properly. Make sure you are running the latest version of Chrome.
I have an AMD/ATI video ...
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How do I play Quake Live?
I have been trying to get Natty to play Quake Live with no luck.
Some notes
Installing in Chrome doesn't work at all -- it seems to download the XPI (firefox plugin file)
Installing in Firefox ...
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Chrome asks for password to unlock keyring on startup [duplicate]
In Google Chrome, when I go to a login page, a window pops up asking to "Enter password for keyring 'default' to unlock". In most cases, whether I click Cancel or enter my password, the login form ...
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How do I change the default browser that konsole opens URLs with?
I have google-chrome set as my default web browser in Ubuntu and gnome applications. However, when using konsole, all links open in konqueror, and not google-chrome!
I've tried setting the default ...
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How do I install Google Chrome dev version?
I want to install Google Chrome Nightly (the dev version) next to the stable version. Is there a PPA for Nightly and 12.04?
These are the only PPAs I found and they are not working on 12.04 yet.
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How to launch a new instance of Google Chrome from the command line?
Is there any way I can launch a new instance of Google Chrome from the command line? I'm not referring to opening a new window - I want a new instance. Here's why:
Suppose I open Chrome and navigate ...
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How do I enable Emacs keybindings in Google Chrome?
Can anyone tell me how to enable Emacs keybind on Chrome?
I found some links but they are either not clearly mentioning how to do so or not what I want (I don't want external tools to be run for this ...
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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 to use Moonlight to play videos on rtlmost.hu?
In Hungary, the biggest TV channel is RTL Klub, they has a video archive site. They use Silverlight instead of Flash :( What is annoying, they use the lastest version of Silverlight, about 4.x. But ...
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How do I redirect Google Chrome Logs out of my kern.log
I have hundreds of these log entries:
Feb 13 16:46:56 XXXX kernel: [42982.178922] type=1701 audit(1360799216.852:1514): auid=4294967295 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4294967295 pid=5529 comm="chrome" ...
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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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How to uninstall Google Chrome?
I decided to try out Google Chrome and see if it was any different from Chromium, but now I can't figure out how to uninstall it.
That's what I have installed. How to get rid of it is the question.
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How to set up Google Chrome as default browser in Xubuntu
I use Xubuntu 12.04. I uninstalled Firefox and now use Google Chrome version 19.xxx.
To solve this problem, I tried:
galternatives
the "default apps" under settings and
sudo update-alternatives ...
