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Free up memory in Google Chrome and Chromium with Purge Memory Feature [Linux]

By • Mar 17th, 2010 • Filed under: Browsers, Open-Source, Ubuntu

That Google Chrome is sometimes is a memory hog is a well known fact, but what Linux users of Chrome and Chromium might have missed is that Dev Channels of these browsers like their Windows counterpart now have a memory purger that when used in some cases drastically reduces the memory in use by Chrome/Chromium.

Google Chrome Dev Channel Update Fixes issues relating to Content Settings functionality

By • Feb 26th, 2010 • Filed under: Browsers, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Google Chrome Dev Channel updates to version 5.0.335 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, this update comes with fixes issues regarding the new Content Settings window. Windows, Linux and Mac platforms support “cache-bypassing reload” that is hooked to various accelerators on different platforms for example shift-reload, ctrl-reload.

Chrome for Linux Dev Channel Updated to 5.0

By • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Google Chrome for Linux Dev Channel has been updated to version 5.0.307.1 with “preliminary” desktop notification support, for GTK builds of Linux only. Chrome desktop notifications in Linux uses D-BUS notifications also known as libnotify. Also, GTK+selection colors when using GTK theme mode gets noticeably better. Other adds and fixes in this update include; – […]

Chrome 4 gets 40,000 Extra Extensions [User Scripts]

By • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Many years back, Aaron Boodma wrote the Greasemonkey extension “exclusively” for Firefox, now working with Google, he has bent and twisted Greasemonkey so well that thousands of user scripts written in JavaScript now natively work in Chrome – just like any regular Chrome extension. Its a big smack to Firefox, if you consider that its […]

KeyboardNavigation for Google Chrome Tries to keep the Mouse Away

By • Dec 16th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

After installing this extension, activate it with the keyboard shortcut Alt+G and it will put a number next to every link on the web page. You can navigate by simply typing in one of those numbers next to the link. You can also open up web pages in new tabs, press g and when “Open […]