found a useful link on how to set up Chromium in Linux. Chromium is the open source browser that Google Chrome is based on. It might be because my thinkpad is a little older now, but Firefox is a little sluggish now, but Chromium is really, really fast. It’s still under development but it’s pretty usable now.
Updated for 9.10
credit goes to: http://a2b-net.com/software/chromium
Here is a quick install guide to install the Chromium Web Browser.
Open a Terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and copy+paste following command:
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5
Then goto your Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources) and select the Other Software tab and click on the Add button. Now copy+paste the following line:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
Now click on the Add Source button. And click the Reload button when asked.
In a Terminal window copy+paste the following command line:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Ubuntu 9.04
http://penguininside.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-setup-chromium-google-chrome.html
Here’s my summary. Add following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main #chromium-browser
Add the key so you won’t get an annoying message everytime you update apt:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5
Install Chromium:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
To use Extensions and Firefox Plugins launch chromium with these flags:
/usr/bin/chromium-browser --enable-plugins --enable-user-scripts --enable-extensions
The entry from the link above suggests making a desktop icon or creating an executable file to launch chromium with these abilities. I preferred the option to create /usr/local/bin/chrome-launcher:
#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/bin/chromium-browser --enable-plugins --enable-user-scripts --enable-extensions
exit 0
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