#Slimjet slimboat for mac os#
#Slimjet slimboat install#
#Slimjet slimboat 32 bit#

Is it really slim and fast?Īll kind of claims are made by products, and digital products i.e. Even using a third party app like LastPass did not help me. Importing passwords between browsers have become increasingly difficult because the way Google is storing password these days. Your passwords won’t be imported automatically, though. This will automatically sync settings, bookmarks, browsing history from your Google Chrome to Slimjet, given that you use sync option in Chrome. You have the option to sign into Slimjet which is basically using your Google account. But these websites are also added in the list of bookmarks by default and that’s most annoying thing. The next thing you notice on the tab is that it is full of advertising websites like eBay,, Groupon etc like you might have seen in Firefox on the first run.

#Slimjet slimboat install#

Sensible thing would be to install it unless you have a favorite ad blocking plugin that you would use instead. When you first run Slimjet, it immediately gives you the option to install ad-blocker.Ĭhoice is yours whether to enable ad-blocker or not. I have tested Slimjet in Linux Mint 17.3 64bit. If you are using Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS or Linux Lite, just double click on the. You can download the respective installer from the link below: deb executables while other Linux distributions such as Fedora, openSUSE etc have the option to install it by running a script. For Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions, Slimjet provides the.

#Slimjet slimboat for mac os#

Surprisingly, it’s not available for Mac OS X. Slimjet is available for Linux and Windows. For beginners and for people who do not like to tinker a lot, this could be quite helpful. Looking at the list above you can see that most of the features can be achieved in any standard web browser by installing plugins and tweaking settings but having it by default is an advantage in itself.

Flexible web page translation (translate entire or part of web page).

Instant photo upload with built-in compression.

A built-in photo app for easier upload and enhancement (apply effects, frames etc).

Comes with a download manager that helps in resumable download between sessions.

Focused on privacy and comes with anti-tracking technology (you can enbale this).

New apps can be downloaded from Chrome Web Store.

Based on Chromium, integrates with Google account to import history and bookmarks (depending upon your settings).

Here are some of the main features listed on its website and some experienced by me: Read this article if you want to know open source alternative web browsers to Google Chrome. It provides added functionalities on the top of the Chromium browser. As the name indicates, Slimjet focuses on speed and is slimmer (lightweight).

Slimjet is a web browser based on Chromium project. While Chromium is a good alternative, I would like to suggest another alternative, Slimjet. What other choices do we have then? Popular suggestion would be to go for Chromium browser, the open source project from which Google Chrome is derived. The first and obvious choice is Mozilla Firefox but if you were using Google Chrome, chances are that you might not like Firefox.

#Slimjet slimboat 32 bit#

If you are using Google Chrome on a 32 bit Linux system or a Linux distro based on Ubuntu 12.04 (even 64-bit ones) such as Linux Mint 13, it is time for you to switch to another web browser. Starting from March, Google Chrome won’t get security updates for these systems. If you remember, I had informed you of Google Chrome ending support for 32 bit Linux and for all builds of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.