Download Google Chrome Ubuntu 20.04 UPDATED

5 views
Skip to first unread message

Tosha Dickason

unread,
Jan 18, 2024, 2:23:24 PM1/18/24
to abathterta

I can start chrome fine, it will work for a while, but then I open a tab and it will freeze everything except the mouse which I can still move around. I can't do anything (including switching to ctrl-alt-fX) so only option is to REISUB (or hard-reset). Restarting chrome after a while usually has the same effect as opening a tab.

download google chrome ubuntu 20.04


Download Filehttps://t.co/3Ewn92ofLd



I have not tested chromium, I have read that similar happens in that one. Other topics I have read suggest switching to Firefox or chromium but that Isn't solving the problem. I need chrome for numerous work reasons and as it works just fine at home on same Ubuntu version so logic would suggest that it is fixable.

I think it's more linked to the duration chrome has been running and not ubuntu. If I start Ubuntu and launch chrome right away it will crash on a new tab after a few minutes. If i don't start chrome after booting and only start it later it will launch fine then crash after its been running for the same few minutes.

I have been having the same problem with ubuntu 14.04 and Chrome. I have nvidia geforce gtx 650 graphics card. The problem seems indeed to be Ubuntu's nouveau graphics card driver. The fix for me was to go to System settings -> Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers and choose a proprietary nvidia driver (or which ever card you have) instead of nouveau. This change also seems to have fixed a problem I have had with youtube's media player (may or may not apply to other media players). Fast moving video image in particular used to seem to update in sections with horizontal "fault lines" appearing. It seems to be gone too.

For me the problem was solved by cleaning from chrome password manager all passwords that were duplicates, expired, exaggerated long, unused and so on. It seems that choosing very complex passwords tend to crash or freeze the whole operating system and that happens in windows os too. Another thing that i did i set my swappiness down to 0.

I generally like using chrome, but it is the only software on my Ubuntu that is guaranteed to freeze the entire OS if given enough time running.And on some occasions, I literally cannot do anything about it other than a cold reboot. If I already had another TTY opened (Alt+Ctrl+Fn)then I may or may not be able to switch into it to issue killall chrome, which will fix the OS instantly. Same, if I already had an SSH connection pending. Sometimes the mouse cursor will move around the screen but absolutely nothing else will be responsive. Sometimes not even the mouse cursor.

Anyways, I found out experimentally that RAM runs out with chrome just being in use; Some awful memory leaks. So what I have done to avoid having my OS completely frozen to the point of no rescue, is somewhat a DIY. I have created a simple bash script and installed in under my user's crontab. I run it every minute. It checks for free RAM amount, and if it goes under my defined limit (I use 200 MB) it then issues killall chrome, 3 consecutive times (just in case). After that you end up with chrome gone from your screen but a dialog appears telling you what happened, how much memory you had left, and how much you have now after recovering it from chrome.The script is as follows:

I didn't install it through snap-store or the command line. It was installed when I accepted an option appearing in chrome to install the youtube app. Now I am unable to uninstall it. I am not getting its path through whereis command, I have tried youtube, Youtube, YouTube and none work. Is there any way to uninstall it?

I made a link to /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/libnpt.so in /opt/google/chrome/plugins, it didn't help (well, it's not libnpjp2.so, which is recommended for this case, but it's the closest one I saw there).

I didn't want to delete my profile and sync with gmail because I'm not using a gmail-backed profile and don't want to. So, following the recommendations by others, I just deleted all GPU/Shader cache-related folders under my /.config/google-chrome and it seems to be fine.

The problem still persists when using Google Chrome under Ubuntu 18.04. I didn't want to touch the system-wide desktop file (which I believe may get overridden by a Chrome update), so I've edited the Chrome launcher using the Alacarte menu editor, adding the --force-device-scale-factor=n as Brandon has instructed. It worked, but only for launching Chrome from the overview. When launching it from the dock, the scale factor override was disregarded, and all the fonts were again small.To fix it, I've edited the /.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop (created probably by Alacarte), inserting --force-device-scale-factor=n in every line after Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable - there are three such lines in the desktop file, and Alacarte only altered the first, but not those for "New Window" and "New Incognito Window".Now the font dpi override works even when launching Chrome from the dock, and I haven't had to alter files as root.

I would like to note that everything works ok on Ubuntu Mate 18.04 but not with the Ubuntu 18.04 distribution , with the same version of chrome browser (81.0.40444.122).

I was looking for linux OS (based on debian/ubuntu) that will use the least amount of resources. After some research, I saw that there is Lubuntu and LXLE which both seems to be pretty efficient. However, the most ideal thing will be running something like Ubuntu Server and then install the least amount of packages in order to get Chrome working on it.

I have an ubuntu endpoint with a xdr agent installed. said agent has given me a high severity alert about several items on this ubuntu endpoint - Kite(which, seeing how kite can install itself autonomously, i understand why the XDR would flag it), systemd and chrome.

1. Open the Terminal and run the below command to download the latest Chrome DEB file.wget -chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb2. After that, run the below command to install Chrome in Ubuntu using the Terminal.sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb3. Now, open the app launcher, and you will find Chrome has been installed. Open the browser and log in with your Google account to sync everything. Update Google Chrome to the Latest Version on Ubuntu1. If you want to update Chrome to the latest version via the Terminal on Ubuntu, run the below commands one by one.sudo apt updatesudo apt --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable2. And to update Chrome in Ubuntu Linux using a graphical interface, move to the app launcher and open Software Updater.

So here are the three methods you can use to install and update Chrome on Ubuntu. You can download Google Chrome either by manually downloading the DEB file or by executing a few commands in the Terminal. Moreover, if you want to learn how to take screenshots on your Ubuntu PC, head to our guide for keyboard shortcuts and third-party apps. You can also read how to switch between the Wayland and Xorg display servers in Ubuntu if your recordings/ screenshots output a black screen. Finally, if you have any queries, do tell us in the comments section below.#Tags#Google Chrome#Linux#ubuntuArjun ShaPassionate about Windows, ChromeOS, Android, security and privacy issues. Have a penchant to solve everyday computing problems.

In the preceding section, you set a default desktop environment in the global/etc/chrome-remote-desktop-session configuration file. You can also choose adifferent desktop environment (if it's installed) by specifying it in the.chrome-remote-desktop-session configuration file in your home directory:

Check the contents of the global/etc/chrome-remote-desktop-session configuration file and theuser-specific /.chrome-remote-desktop-session configuration file and confirmthat the specified desktop environments are installed.

Extension directories are converted to .crx files at the Extensions Management Page. Navigate tochrome://extensions/ in the omnibox, or click on the Chrome menu, hover over "More Tools" thenselect "Extensions".

Package extensions in the command line by invoking chrome.exe. Use the --pack-extensionflag to specify the location of the extension's folder and the --pack-extension-key flag tospecify the location of the extension's private key file.

There are thousands of distributions of Linux out there, but Xubuntu is undoubtedly one of the most popular and user friendly. When installing Linux on a VM, we recommend downloading Xubuntu 22.04. There are a few files listed here, download the one ending in .iso. Xubuntu uses the same base software as Ubuntu but has a desktop environment that requires fewer computer resources and is therefore ideal for virtual machines. If you find the download speed slow, consider using a different mirror as the one linked before is a US one. If you reach the download page and are unsure about what version to choose, it is recommended that you pick the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version (22.04 at the time of writing). You may be tempted to choose a more recent non-LTS release, but LTS releases have the advantage of guaranteed support for up to 5 years, making them more secure, stable and hence reliable.

I'm trying to experiment with substrate playground, but after accepting terms and starting an instance, there is no UI, just a blank screen where the IDE should be. I have attached an image. I've tried it in both Chrome and Firefox. In chrome the console logs the following:

I think something left over from a previous install was messing up the communication between dropbox and chrome. I changed my default browser to firefox, removed and reinstalled dropbox, and this time it worked just fine.

No problem with the firewall, turns out it's not enabled by default in ubuntu. And I don't have any proxies set up. Seems to me like the problem has to do with Dropbox's ability to communicate with the browser - it can open one but it doesn't go to the right page.

df19127ead
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages