diff --git a/chromium_notes.txt b/chromium_notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1b73baca --- /dev/null +++ b/chromium_notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +This document covers my personal preferences on settings with Ungoogled Chromium. + +Luckily, within the Artix repositories, they have a binary of Ungoogled Chromium available for easy installation: + +doas pacman -S ungoogled-chromium + +Afterwards which, there are some simple settings and extensions to use to ensure maximum privacy and preferences. + +I'll leave you to figure out the settings for yourself. Personally I save no cookies, enable HTTPS-only, duckduckgo set to default search engine, amongst other settings. + +Installing extensions from the google web store is a bit of a hassle, as you have to use an online tool called crxextractor to download the crx, then it's a simple drag and drop into chrome's extensions page. + +INSTRUCTIONS ON INSTALLING EXTENSIONS: + +Navigate to the Google Web Store: +https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions + +Search for the extension you'd like to install + +Search for the extension you'd like to installation + +Afterwards which copy the https link above in your address bar using ctrl+c. + +Open up another tab and head on over to: + +https://crxextractor.com + +Enter the link into the prompt at the start of their page. It will then download a .crx file. + +Open up chromium's settings and then head to the Extensions section. + +From there you can simply open up a graphical file manager and drag from your Downloads folder, the .crx file into the chromium Extensions page. This will install it (adjust settings per extension per your preferencves). + +LIST OF CHROMIUM EXTENSIONS: + +Canvas FingerPrint Defender +Dark Reader +Decentraleyes +ForgetMeNot +NoScript +Snowflake +SponSorBlock for Youtube +uBlock Origin +User-Agent Switcher and manager +Vimium +WebRTC Leak Prevent + +Chrome Flags + +Ungoogled Chromium has already set up most privacy respecting settings by default, but I prefer to add some additional settings: + +navigate to the chrome flags page, in the url bar, enter: + +chrome://flags + +Here you will be presented with some options, set the following: + +Disable search engine collection (enabled) +Show avatar/people/profile button (never) +Clear data on exit (enabled) +Hide tab close buttons (enabled) +Smooth scrolling (enabled) +Web Bluetooth (disabled) +Use the new permissions backend for Web Bluetooth (disabled) +Vulkan (enabled) +Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents (enabled) + +And that should do it. Although I still prefer Librewolf (see firefox_notes.txt), this is about as close as I can get it given my current knowledge of "hardening" ungoogled-chromium.