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Last time we talked about Language Settings and Pinyin Input Method in Ubuntu.

Firefox, the default browser come with Ubuntu installation, is a fine browser for us. Yet, we always want more. So I install Chrome and Opera too.

Chrome

Chrome installation, in all operating platform, is easy. Even if VPN connection is not available and https://www.google.com is blocked by some reasons, the deb package could be downloaded with the following link https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb or with the following command in Terminal.

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

After downloading the deb package, installation could be performed in such ways:

  • Option 1: Double click the deb package to install from Ubuntu Software Panel.
  • Option 2: Install with sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb. In such way, error might be occurred during installation. Use sudo apt-get -f install to fix dependency and execute the installation command again to finish.

VPN with Chrome Extension (Optional obviously!)

Google is a great search engine, better than Baidu in English search and any other kinds of search except Chinese search. However, Google requires VPN connection to access in some places. Here recommending a VPN service with Chrome Extension - SSLspeedy using account of 1997o.com (it changes all the time!).

Opera

Opera installation is easy too. Download the deb package from https://www.opera.com/. Double click such deb package to install from Ubuntu Software Panel.

File Sync Settings

Further more in Synchronization and Version Control in Ubuntu.