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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hello and good day to all. I have Ubuntu 12.04 and have been using Google Chrome successfully for months. It works faster on my computer than Firefox or Chromium and Flash-player doesn't crash with Chrome. Yesterday after installing updates from Update Manager, the Chrome browser could not be opened. I had to use Chromium to access net. With the help of Moderator Ubudog I tried to un-install Chrome. This was the response...Attachment 220653 Does anyone know how to uninstall a virtual package? Or is there another way fix this problem? Would it be better to just re-install (Hardware)

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Ubuntu 12.10 comes with Mozilla Firefox by default, it’s a great browser! but if you want a secondary web browser (or you like Google Chrome) then can also try Chromium (the open source project upon which Google chrome is based on) – it’s available there in Ubuntu Software Center, but you won’t get some chrome specific features such as in built flash player etc.

I'm a chrome user and an enthusiast but few days ago I made Ubuntu get some updates using Update Manager, then I turned off my notebook and when I restarted it, I tried to start Chrome which after a few seconds turned the screen completely black, and some errors appeared for few seconds and then I got logged off, and had to re-login, and when I opened Chrome again the same thing happened!

I've un

This turorial shows how to install Chromium browser quickly with three commands in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) by adding the PPA. Open terminal from Applications->Accessories menu,execute following commands:

The latest stable version of Google Chrome has been updated to 20.0.1132.57 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.

Adobe is no longer releasing new versions of Flash Player for Linux with version 11.2 being last release.

The only way to get latest Flash Player in Linux is to use Chrome, as Adobe has partnered with Google to distribute Flash player as a pre-installed plugin in Chrome.

This repository provides the pepflashplugin-installer package, which will download and install the newer "Pepper" (PPAPI) version of the Adobe Flash Player plugin for use with the Chromium Web browser on Ubuntu GNU/Linux.

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After installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop, I went to download Chrome and got an error saying it was packaged badly or something, so I read up about it and found out about Chrome, and most people suggest that Ubuntu users should use Chromium over Chrome, although a lot is down to preference.

I read that Chromium is almost a 'beta' build for Chrome, but is quicker etc.

I have been trying to get OpenJDK 6 or 7 working with chrome/chromium for a while now. I have downloaded the latest updates and have tried with openjdk 1.7.0_13 and 1.6.0_27 to no avail. I installed the icedtea plugin, of course.

“For Flash Player releases after 11.2, the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the “Pepper” API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe.