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Firefox : Google directly from the Address bar

        Hello there !! Firefox is one of my favorite browser alongside Chrome and it really annoys one when you get used to one feature of a tool and couldn't find it in the other. Today I was wandering about how can I get the same feature of Google search right from the address bar just like Chrome. Now googling has become the most performed task by any engineer in a day and if it takes to open the homepage again and again it really becomes ridiculous. So here I got a solution which serves the same way as Chrome does. Step by Step Procedure : Step 1: Go to the address bar of Firefox and type about:config . It gives a warning which you have to allow. Press the button saying " I'll be careful, I promise ! ". Step 2: In the search bar of the page type in keyword.URL . This brings you to only one option. Step 3: Right Click on the available option and click Modify . Then in the pop-up window paste the following                                        http:

Installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu 12.04

       Whenever it comes to browsing the Internet, Google Chrome always forms a favourite option. Its easy to install it in Windows but again when it comes to Linux, it becomes a headache. The most irritating fact is that Chrome does not come by default in the Synaptic package Manager. So using the terminal to install it forms the only solution. Believe me its very easy and you need just around 5 minutes to get it done. Steps: Download the package file as per your need from the official website. Link Keep the download path as "Downloads". Once the download is done you are almost 90 percent done. Then all you have to do is type in some commands to finally install it. Just copy these commands as they are into the terminal one by one. For 32 bit system:                    sudo apt-get install libcurl3 libnspr4-0d libxss1 cd Downloads sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb For 64 bit system:                  sudo apt-get install libcurl3 lib