Ubuntu Tips: 12 - Google Chrome
I have found that Firefox has increasingly become as bloated as Internet Explorer and that is why I use Google Chrome
Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 28th February 2010
Google Chrome is being developed around three principles; Speed, Simplicity and Style. For those reasons and the Google search baked into the address bar it has become my browser of choice across Windows, Macintosh and Linux. I have found that Firefox has increasingly become as bloated as Internet Explorer and that is why I use Google Chrome.
I am rather uninterested in extensions for browsers, other than bookmark syncing. Speed is the critical factor for me. Speed at which web pages are downloaded and the rate at which it executes JavaScript are critical to me. Thankfully Google have produced a browser with few features designed to runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
Fortunately the functionality to sync bookmarks between separate computers has been baked into Google Chome as standard and therefore does not require a third party application like xmarks.
I recommend downloading and installing Google Chrome Linux Beta for your machine. All you need to do is pick the version relevant for your chip set and system.
Versions of Google Chrome
- 32 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)
- 64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)
- 32 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSE)
- 64 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSE)
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I am a graduate of Lougborough University where I read Computing and Management BSc (Hons) earning a 2:1 classification.