I recently wrote a post showing how to get Netfix working on Ubuntu and its derivatives. That process originally involved installing the beta version of the Chrome browser and manually updating some libraries on your system. Further, you had to use the Useragent Switcher extension in Chrome to trick Netflix into thinking you were a …
Continue reading Netflix on Linux – Now Works With Chrome BrowserMost of us by now have heard of Google’s Chrome web browser. The Chrome browser is based on an open source project called Chromium. There’s not really much difference between the two. Chromium is basically just Chrome without the Google branding and without the extensive EULA. You can install the Chromium browser from the PPA …
Continue reading Install The Chromium Browser in UbuntuIf you run the Google Gears add-on for Firefox on Linux, then you’ve probably been getting annoyed by Firefox trying to update the add-on and getting a failure message that interrupts your web browsing.
Continue reading Fix Google Gears for Firefox on LinuxThe web has been abuzz this week with the news that Google has released an early version of their new Chrome OS. This early version is actually the open source Chromium OS. If you really want to get a feel for this new operating system, you can follow the directions on the Chromium OS site …
Continue reading Use The Chrome OS Start PageGet Google Chrome on Linux If you’ve been waiting impatiently for Google Chrome on Linux, there is now a developer version available for Ubuntu and Debian systems (x86 and x86-64-bit only). The first step to installing it is to go to Dev Channel on chromium.org and download the appropriate .deb package file for your architecture. …
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