I think everyone should know by now that Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google. What I heard about it is that its faster, safer and more stable. From what I experienced in using it, I found only a little difference between Chrome and Mozilla. I think it all depends on how good your internet connection is. But that’s just my opinion.
Anywayz, instead of Chrome, there’s an open source project called Chromium which codebase is the basis for Google’s Chrome. So, if you’re a Linux user (better be a newbie), and interested to try Chromium, you can follow these steps to install it :
- For Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) :
(To read more about PPA, you can look it up here)
- Run this command on terminal :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Copy and paste these lines into the sources.list :
For Jaunty users (Ubuntu 9.04) :
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Save the file and exit.
- Add the GPGkey using this command :
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5
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For karmic users (Ubuntu 9.10) :
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
Use this following command :
sudo add-apt-key ppa:chromium-daily/ppa
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Now update your source list using this command :
sudo apt-get update
and the install the chromium using this command :
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
When the installation finish, you can run chromium through Applications –> Internet –> Chromium
