On the ev'ning breeze the linden branch whispers to the summer night

Sorry for the lousy sound. I was too lazy to mess with the desktop video recorder to get it better. I had to install it just to make the video, so I’ll have to go back and figure out how to work it after this.

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§3563 · July 17, 2009 · Computer stuff · (No comments) · Tags: , , ,


The Codfather reports success in getting the Flash plugin to work in Chromium on Linux. The steps are pretty easy, but it’s reported to not work on 64bit systems. I’m going to go home tonight and try it out for myself and report back the results of the experiment. Anyway, for anyone [...]

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§3558 · July 16, 2009 · Computer stuff · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


I ran three separate browsers, Chromium, Firefox, and Midori, each opened with five tabs, each for approximately 13 hours. Initially, Chromium weighed in at around 81 MiB, Firefox at ~73, and Midori came in at 53 MiB. After the 13 hours, Midori was only taking up 56 MiB, representing an increase of less [...]

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§3386 · June 14, 2009 · Computer stuff · (No comments) · Tags: , , ,


For Chromium, I am using version 3.0.189.0, and for Firefox I used Shiretoko 3.5b4pre. Chromium clearly loads the initial browser faster, which is something I would suspect, since Firefox is hauling around plugins that need to be loaded as well, while Chromium is a more streamlined affair, at least at the moment. As [...]

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§3381 · June 13, 2009 · Computer stuff · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


Both are working fairly well natively on Linux now, with the deal killing lack of flash (read no video). It is very fast, but one would expect that when it isn’t loading heavier content (like flash). I’ll have to evaluate it again once it does have full capabilities. I have noticed a [...]

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§3374 · June 13, 2009 · Computer stuff · (No comments) · Tags: , ,