Questions tagged [brave]
web browser based on Chromium with more "speed, security and privacy" from brave.com
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Strange tab behavior first occurred in Brave browser in Ubuntu 24.04
In Brave, with more than one tab in a window, I cannot select a tab without the selection moving to that to the left and eventually moving to the leftmost tab. Similarly in Ubuntu 24.04 when using &...
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Problem attaching files on Brave Browser 1.86.142 (on Kubuntu 24.04.3 LTS x86_64)
I'm a new and inexperienced Linux user. I've only been using it for a couple of months and it's been mostly fine so far. I've got to relearn some things I came to know from Windows XP onwards but I'm ...
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Some browsers cause Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS to hang
I noticed that the Chromium (via snap) browser would cause the screen to flash/flicker a few times and then hang the desktop right after it was launched. I thought this was either a problem with my ...
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mouse/cursor vanished! running newly updated 24.04, issue after updating Brave in terminal
Computer is Imac desktop ssd drive. have been using Brave browser on Ubuntu for years with no real problems. After updating Ubuntu, Brave could not be updated except in terminal, not unusual. the ...
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My X11 session terminates when I select certain brave/chrome browser setting
I'm Running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and brave browser 1.82.166 Chromium: 140.0.7339.133 (Official Build) (64-bit). When I select in the brave (or chrome) browser Settings -> Extensions -> Manage ...
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Brave.com is not opening on my Ubuntu laptop after the 9-10-25 update
There was an update to Brave.com on 9-10-25, the version was updated to 1.82.166, again on my Ubuntu laptop. And now I can not open Brave; when I click on the icon in my bottom tray, it does nothing.
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Streamed and local videos stutter in Ubuntu 24.04
I've installed Ubuntu 24.04 recently as my second system on my laptop (dualboot) so I can move from Windows to Linux. The issue I can't figure out is that all videos stutter. It makes no difference if ...
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Printing works via lpr, but fails silently from all graphical applications (Brave, Chrome, Gedit) on Ubuntu 25.04
I am running into a strange printing issue on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 25.04. I can print successfully from the command line, but not from any graphical application (Brave, Chrome, Gedit).
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I only have 4 GB RAM, and Brave browser alone is consuming around 1.2 GB. Is there any way to optimize it? , or should I change the browser itself?
this browser is consuming so much RAM, is it normal for a browser ?
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Chromium won't start after changing the name of the unit
I've been using Linux for over 20 years and Ubuntu for a majority of those - but this never happened before. So once all of my browser refused to launch except FireFox (!), I new somthing was fishy. ...
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Where can I find browser cookies for Brave in Ubuntu?
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I’m attempting to use a GitHub program called Podsync, which turns playlists into RSS feeds that are hosted locally, allowing you to subscribe to them on any podcast app.
However, I’m ...
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Is there a way to include a package in unattended upgrades when only security upgrades are enabled?
I like to know how exactly the mechanism works that selects a package as security to install it.
I am also interested if that can happen with a 3rd party package.
By default, all Ubuntu packages are ...
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Change Brave browser open new window "opens at full screen mode F11" preferences?
I'm trying to make brave browser open a new window in a maximized state (not full screen mode F11 mode) after it (unknown to me how) suddenly started to open new windows in minimized AND full screen ...
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After renaming my device all browsers stopped working
I use Ubuntu 22.4 LTS on my device and had the idea, to shorten the name of my device which I did. After renaming my pc all browsers stopped working. However, I am connected to the internet as emails, ...
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Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository for Brave doesn't support architecture 'i386' [duplicate]
Getting below error message while issuing :
sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease ...
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