Johnson’s Computer Internet Help

Google Chrome is one of the fastest, and most stable web browsers for multiple operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac. I notice in Windows sometimes Google Chrome seems to act slower, or uses more RAM. Heavy RAM usage for Chrome in Ubuntu Linux and Puppy Linux are  not as big of an issue for me unless a computer I am using have less then 384MBs like 256MBs of RAM in Linux. Linux seem to use less Memory, and handle Memory better then Windows on slower computers with less RAM.

First, you should try closing unused tabs, or bookmarking the tabs to open at a later time, or date in Google Chrome Bookmark bar. If you have multiple Windows of Chrome open just keep one, and bookmark the pages you were previously on.

Try restarting Google Chrome or your computer to see if it makes Google Chrome Web Browser faster. Sometimes emptying your Temporary internet files can also help. You can empty your Google Chrome Internet Browsing history by clicking on the wrench icon on the top right of the browser, and hovering your mouse over tools. Click on Clear Browsing Data, and pick the from the beginning of time option from the drop down menu. Lastly, click Clear Browsing Data. You can also click CTRL+Shift+Del on your keyboard to launch the clean-up Wizard on Google Chrome.

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Ubuntu Linux 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot was released on Thursday October 13, 2011. Ubuntu 11.10 still uses the same Unity user interface with the sidebar on the right side of the screen from Ubuntu 11.04 which is unmovable to a different location, and still have the application and file search menu on the top left for searching for installed programs to use. You also can’t minimize the programs by clicking on items in the sidebar dock, you’ll have to use the minimize button on the program or use a keyboard shortcut key to minimize it.

Small things like the scroll bar on the outer right of Windows, and program instead of being on the inner parts is a change in Window/program design for Ubuntu.

Ubuntu also features a menu bar on the top toolbar now with more options.

The Application search menu on the top left of Ubuntu is good for newbies who like searching for applications to use, and recent files. But, probably not as useful for more advance users which want to quickly open menus, and applications from a drop down menu and sub menus instead of searching from it with the search bar. With Ubuntu 11.10, you can use the classic gnome desktop user interface, or install KDE, LXDE, or Xfce desktop environment to change the theme and user interface to something different if you prefer a more minimal user interface in Ubuntu. I’m not really fan of the fan of the Purplish 3D background, but it is easy to change with the Background Appearance program in Ubuntu.

The Workspaces, and ALT-TAB animations are also nicer then in the past.

In the Ubuntu Software Center, you can search for many applications, desktop environments, and codecs for Ubuntu. It is easy to use with the built-in search engine to search for applications, or use the categories to browse different categories of software to search for programs which you want to insall like VLC media player.

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