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27 Jul 09

06:00 AM MDT

Posted in Software

Drastically speed up web browsing

Uninstall Firefox Install Chrome There is no step 3 I’m seriously getting sick and tired of Firefox. Chrome for Linux can’t come any faster. When even with only 5 tabs open, it eats over 600 MB, and frequently fades out to the standard “application not responding” state. It can’t even switch tabs without lagging. If I have a video playing in one tab, it frequently hangs when I switch tab, or open a new tab. Pain. Chrome is just better, an...


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10 Jul 09

08:00 AM MDT

Posted in Software

Get Chromium running on Linux (Specifically Ubuntu)

So what I have here is nothing fancy. It’s basically cut and paste from the Chromium site, but if you don’t want to think, just download and run, and have Chromium on your Ubuntu setup. So, on with the script: The comments speak for themselves. Basically, get prerequisites, get tools, get source, build away. This process will take awhile, so once it starts go flirt with your significant other for a bit :) The first thing you see when you start...


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