
Internet Browser and VPN with Chrome Extension in Ubuntu
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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. Usesudo 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!).
- Add temporary extension to get access to the Chrome web store
- Download temporary extension file from https://1997o.com/downloads/SSLspeedy4InstallOnly.zip,
- Extract to local path which is a folder with the name of SSLspeedy4InstallOnly,
- In chrome, open Extension tab with
chrome://extensions/
and allow the Developer mode, - Click Load unpacked and choose SSLspeedy4InstallOnly the folder that just extracted to add,
- Establish temporary VPN connection
- Click SSLspeedy4InstallOnly temporary extension showing in chrome extension bar,
- Click Connect and log in from the pop up panel with 1997o.com account.
- Now Chrome web store is available. Choose one of the following extension to add from Chrome web store:
- It may need the system reboot to take effect. After the extension is added and the VPN connection is stabilized, remove the temporary extension SSLspeedy4InstallOnly.
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.
Have fun!
If it's not working, try turning it off and on again!