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hi
can i get google chrome browser on ubuntu ??
and how??

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Several members (notably and ) confirm the browser can be installed; the OP reports it feels very slow and asks whether removing Firefox or having a Windows dual‑boot could be the cause. Dual‑booting does not slow a running Linux session by itself. Common culprits are extensions/plugins, a corrupted profile, insufficient RAM/swap thrashing, disk I/O problems, or graphics driver/hardware‑acceleration issues.

Recommended in‑browser checks: Chrome’s Task Manager (Shift+Esc) shows per‑tab/extension CPU & memory use. A clean profile or Guest/Incognito session isolates profile/extension problems. Temporarily disable hardware acceleration or start the browser with GPU disabled to test whether the GPU/driver path is causing the slowdown.

Basic system checks (run in a terminal) to spot resource problems:

free -h
ps aux --sort=-%mem | head -n 10
ps aux | grep -i chrome
ps aux | grep -i firefox
top

If memory use or swap is high, adding RAM or reducing open tabs/processes is the most effective fix. If disk I/O is the bottleneck, check iotop or SMART health. For suspected graphics issues, check kernel logs (dmesg or journalctl -b) and test the browser with GPU acceleration disabled (--disable-gpu). Uninstalling Firefox will not improve Chrome unless Firefox is actually running alongside it. Back up bookmarks/profile before removing or recreating profiles; creating a fresh profile often clears up persistent slowness.

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Member Avatar for JasonHippy

If it's not available in the Software Centre, or via Synaptic package manager; a stable version of Chrome is available directly from google as a .deb package. You can simply download the package and install it yourself!

Here's the link:
https://encrypted.google.com/chrome?platform=linux&hl=en&lr=all

Personally I'd check the software centre or synaptic first, I think the Ubuntu version of Chrome is called Chromium, so you might want to try searching for that first. If it's not there, then use the link above and you can download and install it yourself!

Cheers for now,
Jas.

Member Avatar for zelkea

I downloaded it and installed it a few days ago via the same site Jason provided and it works great!

Member Avatar for alaa sam

thanks i downloaded it but i works very slowly , if uninstalled firefox will it work faster ??

Member Avatar for mah300274

Probably not. Unless you are running processes on firefox while you are on chrome.

Member Avatar for alaa sam

my pc is dual boot i'm running linux and windows xp does that have anything with my slow browser ?

Member Avatar for WeRDisturbed

Search in the software center or synaptic for chromium. It isn't called chrome in the repository.

Member Avatar for jbennet

Search in the software center or synaptic for chromium. It isn't called chrome in the repository.

Its not called chromium, either. Chromium is a game in the repo. Its called chromium-browser, rather confusingly

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