If a lack of third-party plug-in support (i.e. Flash) kept you from trying out Chrome on your Linux system, then avoid no longer. The "early developer version" now supports many plug-ins, and they seem to work pretty well.



Download Google Chrome for Ubuntu:

sudo touch /etc/default/google-chrome

Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome so do not mix them .



sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins/ cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins/ ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so Then start Google Chrome like this:

/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --enable-plugins %U You can add a shortcut to your Gnome panel by going to Applications > Internet , right click Google Chrome and select " Add to panel ", then right click the panel icon, click " Properties " and then in the " Command " field, paste the above command.

Enabling Flash plugin for Google Chrome is similar to Chromium , create a directory named "plugins" (without the quotes) in /opt/google/chrome/ and then create a symbolic link to your flash player .so library into your /opt/google/chrome/plugins (simply copy & paste the following commands into a terminal):Then start Google Chrome like this:You can add a shortcut to your Gnome panel by going to, right clickand select "", then right click the panel icon, click "" and then in the "" field, paste the above command.

Installing Google Chrome willso your system will automatically keep Chrome up to date. If you don't want Google's repository, do "" before installing the package.Also: