More posts about “Google Chrome”

Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ESR

A new open-source nostalgia project lets you turn back the clock on web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozilla Firefox ESR — a long-term support version of the famed browser — that […]

4 March 2024
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Google Says Chrome Now Uses Less Memory on Windows, macOS, Android …But Not Linux?

A slew of substantial memory improvements feature in Google Chrome 89, the latest stable version of Google's phenomenally popular web browser.

12 March 2021
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Google Chrome 75 Released with Minor Improvements & Security Fixes

Google Chrome 75 is the latest stable release of Google's popular web browser, but it's pretty low on any major user-facing changes or features.

5 June 2019
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Google Has ‘No Plans’ to Enable Chrome Hardware Acceleration on Linux

Google says it has no plans to enable Chrome hardware acceleration on Linux — not even as an experimental option. The news is certain to be greeted with groans by those who struggle to stream […]

4 October 2018

Chrome’s New Tab Page is Finally Customizable

Google is giving Chrome users a more configurable "new tab" page to play with, with options to add custom links and set a custom background image.

28 August 2018
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How to Try Picture in Picture Mode in Google Chrome Right Now

Google is bringing picture in picture mode to Chrome on the desktop — and in this post we’re going to show you how to enable it right now. Picture in picture mode (often abbreviated to […]

30 July 2018

Are You a Fan of Google Chrome’s New Look?

Perhaps it’s just me, but I don’t think the look of Google Chrome has altered all that much since it blinked into life in 2009. But that will shortly change. Rumour has it that Google […]

10 July 2018

Google Chrome Now Uses Native GTK Window Buttons on Linux

Google Chrome now draws native GTK window buttons for minimisze, maximize and close in the latest development builds rather than using custom controls.

9 October 2017
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[How To] Fix The Google GPG Error on Ubuntu

We show you how to fix the 'failed to fetch' apt error caused by Google changing the key it uses to sign its Linux repo.

6 August 2017
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Here’s How to Sync GNOME Extensions Between Different Installs

You can sync GNOME extensions between machines using your Google account. All you need is the GNOME Shell integration extension.

17 April 2017
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Chrome Could Start Using Native Notifications on Linux

Google Chrome could soon use native notifications on Linux desktops. A bug report asking for the browser to use a Linux desktop environment’s notification system was filed late last year but recently become active again. Google Chrome (and […]

17 March 2017

How To Fix The (Annoying) ‘Failed to Fetch’ Chrome apt Error

We show you how to fix the 'failed to fetch' apt error on Ubuntu, an issue caused by Google dropping 32-bit Chrome for Linux earlier this month.

4 March 2016