[PLUG] Chrome difficulties

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:32 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:02:57 -0800
> Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> dijo:
>
> I found the best solution for Chrome was to uninstall it.
>
> Chrome does not come by default with Xubuntu 13.10, but I installed it
> anyway, just to have an alternative browser. Later, upon restarting the
> computer I discovered a Chrome icon in the notification area. Sleuthing
> about I discovered that it had added itself as a program to be loaded
> automatically on boot.
>
> In the list of startup applications I unchecked the box next to Chrome,
> then rebooted. Chrome came up anyway, and the box was checked again.
> After more experimenting I discovered that the only way to stop it from
> loading itself on boot is to remove the item completely from the list
> of startup applications.
>
> Once it was no longer listed in the startup applications I could boot
> the computer without automatically loading it. Later I launched it,
> only to discover that as soon as it was launched it added itself back
> to the startup applications. Bah.
>
> I don't want any unnecessary programs loading on boot because it
> increases the boot time, especially a program that I seldom use. I
> bought and paid for this computer, not Google. I'll decide what gets
> loaded on boot, thank you.
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> That is nasty behavior.  Google is getting too big and sassy.  I like
Chrome because it is fast, but I may abandon it if it keeps up this kind of
stuff.  Have you tried Chromium?

-Denis