Chrome support for ftp sites
Posted: 2021-05-01 Filed under: network | Tags: flags, ftp, google chrome Leave a commentI’ve been updating my SlackBuilds for -current and noticed something quite strange. Whenever I needed to check for new sources, if the tarball was hosted on an ftp site, Chrome would refuse to open it. I searched a bit and it seems Chrome has dropped ftp support by default.
Chrome Theme Creator
Posted: 2021-01-31 Filed under: desktop | Tags: google chrome, GTK2, gtk3, murrine, theme Leave a commentI want to make Google Chrome, a GTK3 application, match the colour scheme of my GTK2 theme that I am using with Xfce 4.12. I am using Murrina Gilouche, which has been among my favourite ones for many years. I can’t compile, say Chromium, against GTK2, so I want to make at least the colours of Chrome consistent with it.
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Chrome login keyring
Posted: 2020-07-10 Filed under: network | Tags: google chrome, identification, password-store Leave a commentRecently I upgraded one of my computers to Slackware64 -current and installed Chrome 83.0.4103.106 (Official Build) using the SlackBuild in /extra. I am not signed in with my Google account in this browser and every time I start it I am presented with a message about authentication, which is annoying.
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Speeding up Chrome
Posted: 2020-03-07 Filed under: network | Tags: browsing, chromium, google chrome Leave a commentRecently, 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 Filed under: misc | Tags: adblock, addons, block, chromium, firefox, google chrome, mozi, origin, uBlock 1 CommentI 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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