Chrome for Ubuntu (not crossover chromium)
September 6, 2009 
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
download .deb package.
Install Adobe Reader 32bit to Ubuntu 64bit
July 31, 2009 
This example is for Adobe Reader 9.1.2.
Get .deb package.
# sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i AdbeRdr9.1.2-1_i386linux_enu.deb
# nspluginwrapper -i /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
citation(JP):
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/tiplinux/10078449.html
Google Chrome 2.0 with GDI++
June 14, 2009 
make a shortcut that
"C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --no-sandbox
–no-sandbox option is important.
citation:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=7758
Internet Explorer 8 Sunspider benchmark
OS: XP SP3
IE8 got twice faster than IE7.
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 7986.2ms +/- 0.5%
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3d: 1006.4ms +/- 1.0%
cube: 331.2ms +/- 2.7%
morph: 312.6ms +/- 0.2%
raytrace: 362.6ms +/- 2.4%
access: 1521.6ms +/- 0.7%
binary-trees: 281.4ms +/- 0.2%
fannkuch: 628.2ms +/- 1.4%
nbody: 359.0ms +/- 0.0%
nsieve: 253.0ms +/- 3.3%
bitops: 1187.6ms +/- 1.2%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 187.8ms +/- 0.3%
bits-in-byte: 206.2ms +/- 4.3%
bitwise-and: 443.6ms +/- 2.4%
nsieve-bits: 350.0ms +/- 3.1%
controlflow: 187.6ms +/- 0.4%
recursive: 187.6ms +/- 0.4%
crypto: 583.8ms +/- 1.8%
aes: 265.6ms +/- 5.3%
md5: 156.0ms +/- 0.0%
sha1: 162.2ms +/- 6.2%
date: 609.0ms +/- 0.0%
format-tofte: 328.0ms +/- 0.0%
format-xparb: 281.0ms +/- 0.0%
math: 833.8ms +/- 1.3%
cordic: 359.0ms +/- 0.0%
partial-sums: 237.6ms +/- 3.6%
spectral-norm: 237.2ms +/- 3.8%
regexp: 506.2ms +/- 2.1%
dna: 506.2ms +/- 2.1%
string: 1550.2ms +/- 1.4%
base64: 290.8ms +/- 3.6%
fasta: 384.2ms +/- 2.7%
tagcloud: 334.2ms +/- 3.2%
unpack-code: 244.0ms +/- 4.2%
validate-input: 297.0ms +/- 0.0%
SandS for Ubuntu
According to this
http://forum.ubuntulinux.jp/viewtopic.php?pid=10976
Get the source, res 73 to 76.
http://www.bookshelf.jp/2ch/unix/1049225392.html#73
Copy from there, paste that on a Editor, and remove this two lines.
—-BEGIN BASE64—-(sands-0.1.tar.gz)
and
—-END BASE64—-
Then save the text.
Decode the BASE64 text to sands-0.1.tar.gz.
$tar zxvf sands-0.1.tar.gz
$sudo apt-get install g++ xorg-dev
$cd sands-0.1
$make
$sudo cp sands /usr/bin
If you want to execute sands whenever login,
$gedit .bashrc
sands
Windows; SandS
SandS
Space + a key changes the key Caps.
for example,
z -> z
Space + z -> Z
and pressing Space key without any key,
Space -> Space
This way decreases “Emacs Pinky” injury.
How to ;
Get “mayu” for XP, or “nodoka” for Vista.
http://mayu.sourceforge.net/
http://www.appletkan.com/nodoka.htm
C:\Program Files\mayu\dot.mayu
add this.
mod shift += !!Space
key R-*Space = &Ignore
then select 104 key without Emacs option.
citation(JP):
http://ryus.co.jp/modules/d3blog/details.php?bid=75
Google Chrome; Apply GDI++
Edit:6/14
If you want to use GDI++ with Chrome 2.0, see
http://myunko.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/google-chrome-2-0-with-gdi/
Below article is for Chrome 1.x.
make shortcut.
path:
C:\(where the gdi++ folder is)\gdi++.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\(account name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "-single-process"
GV: PostScript Viewer for Ubuntu
Evince hasn’t been ready for PostScript files ( PS ).
You can use GV as GSview.
How to install:
Use synaptic.
epiphany-webkit
add to synaptic repositories
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ubuntu hardy main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michelinux/ubuntu hardy main
sudo apt-get install epiphany-webkit
Some environments, midori and epiphany-webkit has already passed acid3.
Citation:
http://www.soccio.it/michelinux/2008/06/29/installing-webkit-powered-epiphany-on-ubuntu-hardy/en/
Ubuntu browsers Javascript benchmark
Sunspider score
results: CrossOver Chromium > Midori 0.0.21 > Firefox 3.0.1 > Epiphany Gecko 2.22.2 > Arora 0.4
Stats:
CrossOver Chromium (Google Chrome for Wine, Webkit 525.13)
Total 2398.0
3d 171.6
access 139.2
bitops 113.2
controlflow 4.4
crypto 89.2
date 415.0
math 157.8
regexp 563.0
string 744.6
midori 0.0.21 (Webkit 525.1+)
Total 3680.6
3d 555.0
access 406.8
bitops 329.4
controlflow 36.2
crypto 234.6
date 248.2
math 403.4
regexp 583.8
string 883.2
Firefox 3.0.1 (Gecko 2008072820)
Total 5186.0
3d 708.0
access 828.2
bitops 606.2
controlflow 63.0
crypto 324.8
date 466.0
math 609.2
regexp 390.0
string 1190.6
Epiphany Gecko 2.22.2 (Gecko 20080528)
Total 5364.8
3d 694.2
access 853.6
bitops 594.0
controlflow 62.4
crypto 330.2
date 489.4
math 594.4
regexp 422.4
string 1324.2
Arora 0.4 (Webkit 523.15)
Total 17441.2
3d 2220.0
access 3110.2
bitops 3251.0
controlflow 441.8
crypto 1498.8
date 1696.6
math 1983.0
regexp 620.8
string 2619.0
