So far Mozilla firefox is the best for me with the useful plugins such as: Firebug, Greasemonkey, Google Toolbar, Delicious, StumbleUpon, and Google gears. Those plugins is safe me lot of time and fun when do browsing and working.
And second comes Google Chrome. I also like Google Chrome, because it fast in load time. And the most important thing is it won’t freeze the whole tab when one tab is frozen or not responding. And in Mozilla Firefox you need to restart the whole applications, even if it is a different windows. But i still need both of them 🙂
Since i have two computers, one is with Ubuntu OS and the other is Windows Vista. I can use both Firefox and Google Chrome in Windows without any problem. But in Ubuntu, there is no Google Chrome. So sad isn’t it? But don’t worry, there is an open source Google Chrome and you can run it in Ubuntu. It is called Chromium.
What is Chromium? Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web, and it is based on Google Chrome. Since Google Chrome not yet release for *nix, you can try Chromium instead.
How to install Chromium
- Edit you repository list, open /etc/apt/sources.list file with this command:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
- Add this to the end of the file, after that safe and exit:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
- Now add the GPG key, use this command:
sudo apt-key adv
--recv-keys--keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5 - Update the source list with this command:
sudo apt-get upgrade
- Install Chromium, with this command:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
- That’s it! To use Chromium go to Applications > Internet > Chromium Web Browser
Okay that’s it. Have fun and enjoy. If you like using Chromium please leave me a comment. If you don’t tell me your experience then 🙂
Nice post, but since the modjo of Ubuntu is making linux easier I think you could suggest the easiest way. Just to open synaptics, select the configuration menu and click on repositories, then go to third party software and add the reposotories (the ones in step 2), close the window and press refresh. Now chromium-browser appears in the packages of synaptics and the rest is a known story.
I'll keep reading you and thank you for this post, now I can browse the web with chromium.
Nice post, but since the modjo of Ubuntu is making linux easier I think you could suggest the easiest way. Just to open synaptics, select the configuration menu and click on repositories, then go to third party software and add the reposotories (the ones in step 2), close the window and press refresh. Now chromium-browser appears in the packages of synaptics and the rest is a known story.
I’ll keep reading you and thank you for this post, now I can browse the web with chromium.
I fail to see how those commands are any more difficult than your drawn out clicky clicky style my friend
That's a first chromium released on Ubuntu my friend.
It was before Google Chrome still in Beta and haven't make Chrome for Linux and Mac.
That's why it is called Chromium.
or use this commands:
add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily/ppa && apt-get update
sudo aptitude install chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Yes, this article is kinda old, it was when first time chromium launch in Ubuntu.
Chrome rules! Nice article, Some users experience problems regarding Flash, once you install it, and restart the browser. It still says " Missing Plugin" Check here to fix it.
http://www.markuss.co.cc/2011/01/flash-player-for-google-chrome-on.html