[sf-lug] Google Chrome

Michael Shiloh michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 2 20:24:33 PDT 2010


Thanks. That seems to be 64 bit only, and, as I said, I don't care 
enough about viewing Flash to fix this.

I'll wait until they get it fixed in Ubuntu...

On 06/01/2010 07:00 PM, jason stone wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> I too was having problems with Flash crashing after upgrading my
> Ubuntu installation to 10.04 (64bit Lucid).  Firefox would crash
> entirely, but Chrome would only crash the particular window with an
> error.  It would stay on the URL however, and would allow a reload.
>
> To resolve the issue, I followed the instructions at the URL below
> which essentially ran a shell script that removed competing binaries
> and allowed one installation to shine through...
>
> http://blog.mattrudge.net/2010/05/07/installing-flash-player-from-repository-on-ubuntu-10-04-64-bit/
> and the direct link to the script...
> http://www.mattrudge.net/files/new-64bit-flash-installer.tar.gz
>
> Take a look, perhaps give it a shot.  Maybe it will solve your problem.
>
> -jason
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/01/2010 06:07 PM, Brian Morris wrote:
>>
>>> p.s. Is anyone out there actually running Chrome (outside of Google
>>> employees) ? How is it, is it really Linux, or is it more like what
>>> Mac has done with BSD ?
>>
>>
>> I use Chrome whenever I need to view Youtube. For some reason the Flash
>> viewer keeps crashing on Firefox.
>>
>> I generally hate Youtube and Flash so it's not worth me spending any time to
>> fix.
>>
>> Do I like it? It seems pretty snappy, but I prefer Vimperator (Firefox with
>> VI control and no GUI)
>>
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