How-To: Chrome
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Installing Google Chromium (the open-source version of the Google Chrome browser) in Ununtu 10.04
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Configuring a network proxy
Under Linux/Gnome modifying the network proxy in Chrome will actually modify your Gnome network proxy settings making
all apps use the same network proxy (this is a
known issue). To have only Chrome use a specified proxy use the following command line:
chromium-browser --proxy-server=proxyip:port
Changing the visited link color for Google search
Google changed their search page such that visited links are now a lighter color. To change it back to a dark magenta, first install the
Stylish Chrome extension then create a new style with code set to:
a:visited {color: darkmagenta !important}
Then create an 'Applies to' filter with 'URLs matching the regexp' with the following value:
Then enable and save the new style.
Extensions
Official Google extensions
Community created extensions
Themes
Useful Commands
- ctrl-k Chrome search field
- ctrl-pgup next tab (left to right)
- ctrl-pgdn previous tab (right to left)
- ctrl-t new tab
- ctrl-r or f5 reload page
- ctrl-u view page source
