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I installed Chromium on my Ubuntu box the other day. It is missing many features (plugins, bookmarks weren't working right, options missing, etc), as I expected
by biotech 17y ago
I installed Chromium on my Ubuntu box the other day. It is missing many features (plugins, bookmarks weren't working right, options missing, etc), as I expected from an alpha build.
It looks pretty good so far, though:
- It's really fast (compared to Firefox and Konqueror - yes I use KUbuntu)
- The UI looks similar to the Chrome on Windows (which I really like), except that it has an extra title bar.
- It didn't crash as I spent a few hours using it instead of firefox.
- It was really, really easy to install: Simply add the repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Then:
aptitude update && aptitude install chromium-browser
Can't wait till they get plug ins and extensions working... Then I won't miss Firefox at all.
- icefox 17y agoAnd the big selling point for this browser is missing on Linux: - You don't get the each tab in its own process.
- agl 17y agoErm, yes you do. The assignment of tabs to processes is the same as on Windows.
- icefox 17y agoI stand corrected, my local chromium-browser from just a few days ago had them all in a single process, but after upgrading I see that they have something working and it is spawning several processes for ever tab I open.
- adi92 17y agou can use 'window decoration' and 'window rules' menus in compiz to make that ugly titlebar disappear and keep chrome always maximized.. looks nicer that way