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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How can I get Amazon Instant Video to work?
I have flash, which seems to have dead ended at 11.2. I have the latest chrome 23.xxx.x..x, but neither of those allow me to watch Amazon Instant video. I can disable pepper, but then the 11.2 on my ...
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How to detect html5 video playing in Chrome?
I am using a script to delay screensaver in xubuntu 12.04 while video playing.
However, the script can only detect flash player in Google Chrome. I want to add a new function to detect html5 video ...
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How to force installation of incompatible extensions in Chromium/Chrome?
I was trying to install one of my favorite Chrome/Chromium extensions, Awesome New Tab Page (which I have successfully installed and ran on Chromuim for Ubuntu before,) but it says that the extension ...
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Slow loading of pages (browser performance)
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed. I notice for certain webpages, firefox and chrome both load them very slowly. In fact, while text content loads quickly, both of the browsers seem to be loading ...
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python-plugin installation
I try to play online radio in the Chrome web browser. It said this following installation:
Required plugin could not be found
Python(2.7) requires to install plugins to play media files of the ...
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How to add Silverlight to Chrome in 12.04?
How to add Silverlight to Chrome in 12.04? I found a couple of guides to add Moonlight plugin to Chrome browser, but nothing that works as of yet.
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how to enable in chrome icedtea7 java plugin instead of icedtea6?
My chrome browser in ubuntu 12.04 uses iced6 plugin. Test http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp shows java6, but via update-alternatives I switched java/javac to using openjdk-java7
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chrome would be hang when some web page
the environment is the latest version of Chrome and ubuntu 12.04.
When I use Chrome to open web page, it would hang, and I cannot say the exact frequent.
after I disable the flash plugins in ...
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How to fix: “The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.”?
I have a 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 installed. I used to login to a website (chess.com) but since a few days ago I get this message:
The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset ...
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Chrome Tab Navigation issues. Also drag and drop only works intermittently
I recently upgraded to 12.04 and am running Gnome-shell. I use both FF and Chrome, but rely on Chrome for use with Google apps. In the last couple of months with recurring frequency I lose my ability ...
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How do I enable the official Java plugin in the latest version of Google Chrome?
I was using Chromium, which runs smoothly, and was forced to upgrade to Chrome (mega.co.nz obliged me to). Now I can't execute applets in Chrome. Checking the installed plugins in both browsers, I see ...
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Ubuntu 13.04: can't connect to many sites (including github) in Firefox and Chrome
[I have posted the same issue on Ubuntu forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2145713 . I am repeating it here to see if I can find an answer here.]
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 recently, and ...
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Chrome text boxes retain sample text
Using Chrome Version 26.0.1410.63 on 13.04.
When I go to a page that has text boxes with sample text' like 'Enter your email here', and focus to that box, the sample text is appended to with ...
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Firefox/Chrome links slow unless I type URL directly in address bar
My web browser has become slow. Google works fine, but clicking on any link takes forever with "waiting for xxxx.xx". Strange bit is, if I click in the address bar and highlight the URL, then press ...
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Google Chrome does not open
When I click on the Google Chrome icon from the launcher it does not open. I tried searching in the dash and clicking on its icon but it does not open at all.
I tried the terminal as well, like this:
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Google Chrome black screen tearing
When I open OMGUbuntu site(or some other page), I get screen tearing http://ubuntuone.com/53v8xOJexIu1eDqS87RvZ8
Also sometimes videos doesn't work. Sometimes I can watch just fullscreen, sometimes ...
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Ubuntu freeze, google chrome closed unexpectedly and systems logout unexpectedly?
kernel image 3.2.0-38-generic-pae
Partition Table
\boot
Extended
swap
\root
\home
I have read the solution about system freezes; but the solution doesn't answer me why this happens. And I have to wait ...
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Places to download Ubuntu for Chrome OS via command line?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my Chromebox. I have found several tutorials online and I have gotten to the middle of the process but I always run into a snag. I have been typing in the address as ...
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How to know if Chrome Moonlight plugin is working fine?
I just install it as described here and go to here and even the plugin asked my permission to be executed and seem to be loaded, I don't think that is working fine cos nothing happens after the ...
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Fix Fonts in Chrome?
After installing and removing Kubuntu, some of the fonts in Chrome are showing up as times new roman instead of Ubuntu font. Is there any way to reset the fonts in Ubuntu and Chrome? I want to use the ...
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Web short-cuts on dash-11.10
I'm using 11.10, and my web browser is Chrome. Not Chromium, just Chrome. I want to access web-links with just a click. And I want to get to these using dash. Can I do this?
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Blank Firefox/Chrome/Minecraft when using OpenJDK Runtime Environment 6
I am using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and every time I go on OpenJDK Runtime Environment 6 (playing Minecraft) and open Firefox/Chrome it always comes up with a blank page. But if I open ...
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Ubuntu Lock Screen Conflict with Google Chrome
I don't know if this is a "feature" or not, but when I lock my screen in Ubuntu (GNOME 3), if Google Chrome needs to show a JavaScript alert (like if I set a reminder for an event in Google Calendar), ...
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YouTube background and header missing
i am using ubuntu 12.10 and newest version of Google Chrome, but youtube channel page is not displaying properly for me.
Here is screenshot from Chrome (v. 22.0.1229.94) :
and here is screenshot of ...
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how to show java-openjdk7 console during applet startup in chrome/firefox?
I've just installed java-openjdk-7 and in IcedTea Control Panel enable Debugging/Java Console/Show but it won't help.
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Google Chrome causing file system to mount as read only
So disclaimer, I am using Lubuntu 12.04 but I'm almost certain it shouldn't make any difference.
Earlier this week I resized my lubuntu partition on my harddrive with GParted to be 25 GBs smaller, ...
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What part of the gtkrc file controls the color of the copy/edit/paste buttons in the chrome/chromium wrench menu?
Like the title said, I'm trying to find out what part of the gtk-2.0/gtkrc file is controlling the color of the copy/edit/paste and zoom buttons in the chrome/chromium wrench menu. Or is it something ...
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Error Installing FGLRX driver
My computer uses a Radeon HD 6950. I installed the "ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver" just fine, however, when I tried to install the "post-release updates", I received an error ("Sorry, ...
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Popup Ad on System Launch
10.04 LTS
Chrome Version 21.0.1180.57
On system launch every morning (but not on restarts or cold reboots), I get a full-screen popup system window with ads. In the upper-left corner is a logo that ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Chrome always launches on first monitor
I have 2 monitors on NVIDIA GF108 [Quadro 600], driver is NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59
Google Chrome always launches on first monitor, but I want it run by default on the second monitor.
Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Issues with sound when running program as different user than login-user
I aliased google-chrome and whitelisted myself in sudoers so now when I type sudo chrome it runs sudo -u chromeuser -i google-chrome &. (For reasons outlined below) Since all other users besides ...
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Chromium and Google Chrome continue adding their services to start applications
Even I disable or delete the service in startup applications, I found them again on next reboot. I've noticed the issue as both services eat my CPU in system monitor. It must there be something in ...
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My ubuntu 11.10 gets weird lately
I have quite a lot problems lately(about 2 weeks) running Ubuntu 11.10.
First, flash playback in chrome hangs and lags all the time. While in Firefox is better, but still lags. Playing video files in ...
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Need to fix scrolling in chrome
Im just using a regular desktop. Chrome is scrolling the wrong way and it is driving me CRAZY! I cant find options for fixing it anywhere. Normally i can just type something in google and find the ...
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Why isn't google chrome working after upgrade in 11.04?
I use ubuntu 11.04.
I installed the upgrade from chrome and it just stoped working.
I tried unintall and install again, and nothing.
I know more people with this problem. Someone knows the solution?
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Google Drive on New Tab page Chromium
I would like to find an extension or a trick to get a "Drive" page in the New Tab page. So on the bottom of the New Tab page i can choose either "Most Visited" "Apps" or "Drive"
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Chrome or Chromium browsers renders pixelated Google Fonts
I am a web developer and use Google Fonts intensively for creating web pages.
Just wondering why Chrome or Chromium browsers render Google Fonts from http://www.google.com/webfonts poorly/pixeladed ...
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How to use 'dired' as default file manager (instead of Nautilus)?
I use Emacs dired-mode as file manager and like it a lot. I am wondering if the following is possible: Say you write an Email from Gmail in Chrome (I know that there are many email clients in Emacs, ...
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Performance of Chrome Hangouts extension
I just installed the Chrome extension for Google Hangouts. Since then, I experience a lot more CPU usage of the chrome process(es). Up to 100% at times!
Does anyone else experience similar issues? ...
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Mouse stops working in windows but not unity
I've recently upgraded to 13.04 on my work computer. Things work ok for around 15-20 minutes, but then the mouse ceases to work.
I can move the pointer around, top corner functionality still produces ...
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Chrome-page automatically opens with Ubuntu facebook access
not sure it's a right place to ask, but all of you is my last hope.
Chrome permanently (once per 5-15 minutes) opens a page with an attempt to access FB-account.
The only content on the page is
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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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Chrome plays media at half speed
For some reason, on my box, using chrome 27.0.1453.81, all media playback (youtube, soundcloud, ...) is done at half speed.
Firefox is ok.
I am facing the issue since about a month ago.
All flags ...
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Unable to handle kernel paging (chrome segfault)
My computer has Ubuntu 12.04 installed,everything up-to-date. Kernel version 3.5.0-28-generic.
Since I've update the kernel sing the update-manager a week or two ago, I got 3 kernel crashes, two ...
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google chrome slows down the system
When using google chrome and go to some webpage that is huge like 9gag.com the system freezes and the hard disk led -- I'm using a laptop with 5400 rpm disk -- lights up. Somehow I succeeded to go to ...
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Rendering issues on Chrome Developer Console on Ubuntu 13.04 with nvidia-313-updates and nvidia-304-updates
I updated to 13.04 recently and I've been seeing rendering issues on chrome. I mainly see it in the developer console, when I try to inspect elements. It ends up looking like this:
This only ...
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DPKG installation error due to LZMA error
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I had recently upgraded the LMZA library to 4.43 which is the latest version. Ever since it gives error while installing few softwares and upgrades.
It shows the ...
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Can't see wordpress's “recommend” on Facebook template in Chrome
A friend is helping us update our political group website. The thing is I asked him to add a recommend on Facebook and "Tweet" options so people can share the posts if they liked them.
The problem ...
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How come I can't resize Google Chrome's window less than 595px?
For some reason I can not resize Chrome's window to less than 595 px on Ubuntu 12.10. I can resize Firefox's window to 0 px. Also I can resize the Chrome window to a very small size on Windows. This ...
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Weird issue with bootstrap icons on html pages
Ok, I'm on top of Ubuntu 13.04, and when firefox (and/or chrome) renders a bootstrap icon, the result is the one I show on the screenshot.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7854/workspace1006.png
I ...
