Speeding up Chrome

Posted: 2020-03-07 | Author: | Filed under: network | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Recently, I’ve noticed that somehow browsing becomes more and more sluggish under Linux. I am using Chromium, from AlienBob. At the same time, using Chrome in Windows scrolls web-pages, such as Imgur or Reddit, much better. I finally googled a bit and it seems I found the solution.
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uBlock Origin

Posted: 2019-09-30 | Author: | Filed under: misc | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

I was never too happy with the different web browser Ad Blockers, but I was too busy to actively start searching for different options. There was a discussion on LQ about browsers, where uBlock Origin was discussed. So, I decided to give it a try.
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Chrome broken fonts

Posted: 2017-08-22 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, network | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

I recently upgraded to Google Chrome 60.0.3112, using the script in Slackware 14.2 /extra. I immediatelly noticed a problem with fonts rendering, which affected not only web sites, but the browser itself. The same problem exists in Alien Bob’s Chromium package, version 60.3112.78.

Very annoying:
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