So far Mozilla Firefox is the best for me with useful plugins such as: Firebug, Greasemonkey, Google Toolbar, Delicious, StumbleUpon, and Google Gears. Those plugins save me a lot of time and are fun for browsing and working.
Second comes Google Chrome. I also like Google Chrome because it’s fast in load time. And the most important thing is it won’t freeze the whole browser when one tab is frozen or not responding. In Mozilla Firefox you need to restart the whole application, even if it is a different window. But I still need both of them 🙂
Since I have two computers, one with Ubuntu OS and the other with Windows Vista, I can use both Firefox and Google Chrome on Windows without any problem. But on Ubuntu, there is no Google Chrome. So sad, isn’t it? But don’t worry, there is an open-source Google Chrome and you can run it on Ubuntu. It’s called Chromium.
What is Chromium? Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web, and it is based on Google Chrome. Since Google Chrome has not yet been released for *nix, you can try Chromium instead.
How to install Chromium
1. Edit your repository list; open /etc/apt/sources.list with this command:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list2. Add this to the end of the file, then save and exit:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main3. Now add the GPG key, use this command:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b54. Update the source list with this command:
sudo apt-get upgrade5. Install Chromium with this command:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser6. That’s it! To use Chromium go to Applications > Internet > Chromium Web Browser.
Okay that’s it. Have fun and enjoy. If you like using Chromium please leave me a comment. If you don’t, tell me your experience then 🙂