How To Uninstall Chrome

In the (x)ubuntu updates, I keep getting chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra, which is part of the Chromium browser update. However, I don't have Chromium installed.

I do have Google Chrome. Is that the reason? But if so, how would they know I have Chrome?

Just bought a chrome book and worked with my 10 year old to try to install minecraft through linux.

I followed the following instructions
http://itechtriad.com/articles/2014/...n-a-chromebook

to enter developer mode in chromeos. Successfully istalled linux. Using KDE. I downloaded minecraft for linux. but instructions say I should be able to click bottom left KDE kickstarted button and see "edit applications" but it isnt there.

SO i have linux up. I have minecraft in. But I am stuck. (And I still think I need java installed. Any advice/

Dell 2400 Dimension 2GB ram OS Ubuntu 12.04

4oD no longer works in Chrome browser.

I have Adblock Plus disabled and flash control running.

4oD works OK on Firefox with Adblock Plus disabled.

Please could you advise why this is so and how I can make it work?

Just get the buffering 'circle' on start of movie and does not start running the movie.

Thanks for any help.

Richard14

First off, I want to apologise. I did write loads here but when I submitted it for moderation, the bulk of the message wasn't posted for some reason - only the title question. Thanks to those that did reply and I'll try again hopefully with better results.

Hi - my name is Gavin and although not a complete Linux newbie having tried several distros in the past, Ubuntu, Zorin, Peppermint, plus a few others, I want to ask questions as if I'd never installed a distro before and start from scratch.

Before I start getting into what I want, I have to be honest to you in that I live with a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that directly affects my everyday life including how I use technology. I lead a very simple life, stream films online (films are my big passion), watch tv shows from the States, read film magazines, and have a very basic mobile phone which I use every few months just to check for voicemails.
I am comfortable with what little I have but my goal is to one day own a device/use a linux distro just for access to the internet and nothing else.

I currently share a laptop with my mother which we both paid halves for. We have Windows 7, and use the Chrome Browser with which I have installed an app called Zenmate which allows me to overcome blocking restrictions - this is very useful because 99 of the time, I use one particular film streaming website that can't be accessed without it (Primewire.ag).

The desktop is minimal, black background with no icons, no notifications showing and all I do is the updates, security essentials then straight onto the web - nothing else. I don't really like the desktop environment, but the laptop really belongings more to my mum than me, so Windows 7 doesn't bother me because of that fact.

I must of taken back to the shops at least 3 tablets, and 9 or 10 laptops in the past few years to get a refund because I couldn't cope with the various distros I tried and felt happier just sharing with my mum. I didn't buy one then return one straightaway - it was more like trying a device out for a week or so, get frustrated, the OCD gets worse, returned the product for a refund, then use my mum's laptop, then getting something new 4 or 5 weeks later. I think the reason I have done this is because I don't actually need another laptop in the house but my compulsion sometimes takes over strongly. Last week I took back an Asus Chromebook to PCWorld after walking out of the store and realising I didn't actually need it.

So you can see I am caught between a rock and a hard place. I want my own device just for watching movies, but at the same time enjoy just having one laptop around. My 'dream' is to find a Linux distro that can boot directly to the Chrome browser. I understand that I do need an underlying os otherwise how would I access the internet and would want an os that does all the security updates in the background, while just providing me with what I need. An analogy would be something like: I want one scoop of chocolate ice cream in a cone, and the ice cream man says I can give you that but it comes with 2 scoops of strawberry and you have to eat those before you get to the chocolate. Basically, I have personally have no use for operating systems, just the internet.

When I first heard about Chromebooks, I got very very excited - wow, a boot straight to the Chrome browser, but then I realised that there was a desktop with icons that can't be removed, and that the Chrome os browser included a section on 'touchpad settings' with a little slider - there is something about sliders and volume/ brightness controls that sets off my OCD. I don't know if Chromium OS is set up differently than Chrome OS as I've never tried it but I know that it, along with other distros can be put onto Chromebooks

I have heard some distros have something called Web Kiosks which locks down the browser to the laptop and you see nothing else. Is that something you think I could look into? Or do you know of a Linux distro in which the user decides what they want on it rather than being forced to live with stuff that isn't needed? There was a distro called Webian which was just the browser, but I don't think it's being developed anymore. Unfortunately, it did't use the Chrome browser (it used it's own browser) and so Zenmate can't be installed on it.

So really to sum it up, I am looking for something that fits my lifestyle, simple, preferably no desktop, and just works the way I want it to work.

I enjoy looking at Linux distros, use Distrowatch to keep up with the latest developments, but above all, one day would like my 'dream version'!

Any thoughts or advice would be really appreciated from this community as I do want to use Linux eventually.

Many thanks in advance,

Gavin

Hi
recently I installed elementary freya os
evey thing was ok with installing chrome ,qbittorent,ubuntu extras,vlc
but with virtual box I got this error
Package dependencies cannot be resolved
details

virtualbox-qt: Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libgl1 but it is a virtual package
Depends: libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libqt4-opengl (>= 4:4.7.2) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but 4.8.2-19ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: virtualbox (= 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu5) but 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu5 is to be installed

I tried apt-get update
apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade & autoclen
and almost anything there
now even when trying to install any thing else it tells me there is broken packages !!!
it happend first with vlc
but apt-get update & autoclean solve it now it doesn't

Hi all,

Newbie here. I've done plenty of research before coming to ask for help.

I installed the latest version of Serviio, which has a bug and I'm trying to reinstall an older version. I'm using Ubuntu and manually installed serviio, this sudo apt-get remove doesn't work.

I followed some advice and removed the folder, however when I install the older version, the console comes up with the latest version.

How can I completely remove all trace and history of serviio?

Thanks,

Dave

Hey. I just got a newer computer (I have two--one home, one at work) that is more powerful. Only problem is I can't edit my Godaddy website from it. The Godaddy site comes up and I can get into it but the editing features don't work.

I've never been able to edit the site from Firefox, but I have (and am still able to) been able to edit it on the older computer from Chrome.

So yeah, I can't edit the site on the newer computer from either browser.

The only difference I can think of (both computers have Xubuntu 14.10) is that on the newer computer I installed the firewall. I may have on the older one too. I'm not sure at this point and not at the computer.

Anyway, would that firewall be a potential cause or would it be something else?

Any suggestions?

hey folks,

I always wonder why many programs from these operating systems are not cross platform? I mean, all three are using a linux kernel.

Sometimes I would like to run a gnu/linux program on an android/chromebook device and an android/chromebook program on gnu/linux. There are a few cross platform programs that I can think of like: Firefox, google chrome browser, and Netflix.

I know very little about android's and the chromebook os's inner workings, but I do know that both have many close source apps and proprietary software and drivers.

What else is on android and the chromebook os that makes it different from gnu/linux? And why do certain companies prefer to port programs to android and the chromebook os over gnu/linux?

imac 5,1 core 2 duo
i have only been able to install ubuntu 11.4 which means that my wireless network doesnt work, it says device not ready, firmware missing.
how do i install ubuntu latest version using the terminal because the apple bios???? wont allow me to mount the iso file. what script do i need to get it installed via the terminal ?

ive managed 11.4 but its not support4d anymore. imac core duo has notorius problems with linux

Good Day my Linux Friends! I was wondering if anybody can help me with an interesting project i am working on?

I have an interesting issue in which I have a Lubuntu 14.04, that I am working to set up as a hotspot hub. That means when the banana pi/ rasberry pi is spitting out wifi signal, I can connect to it, a chrome window or ie window will pop up and i can sign in and start manipulating the device?

So essentially a piratebox with a linux system that you can login into.

I am curious if that is possible?? I have scoured the net and haven't found the right thing, anybody know any good projects they can point me too?