On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:32 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:02:57 -0800 > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> 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. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > > 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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
