Chromium – Chrome on linux
March 15th, 2009
There is a repository that contains the daily build of Chromium. It’s easy to add: no building required! For details you can look at the PPA page.
The only thing that took me some time was the PGP file. I’ve created a file for your convenience.
Open Software Sources and add the key in the authentication tab. Then add the following to the Third Party Software tab. Click close and reload.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
The browser is FAST, but it’s not 100% stable. You can play with it, but at this moment it won’t replace Firefox.
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
To remove the terminal when starting Chromium, right click on the gnome start menu and select “Edit menus”. Find Chromium in the Internet category and select “Properties”. Switch type from “application in terminal” to “application”