The new update of Chromium (76.0.3809.87-1) crashes extensions on start up: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=933598 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=933598)
The only work around suggested so far is to downgrade: if you have the testing repositories enabled, you can simply
apt remove chromium chromium-common
apt install chromium=76.0.3809.71-1 chromium-common=76.0.3809.71-1
Sorry to say, but the only workaround that makes sense in this case in my book is using Chrome.
I beg to differ !!!!
FIREFOX
:P :P :P
For my job I need hundreds of open tabs. I need them secured and I need them to be restored reliably through restarts of the browser and reboots of the machine. Firefox does not play ball here reliably.
Guess it always depends on what you need.
I love my little paranoia setup:
Firefox - for my standard websites (only handpicked cookies allowed / everything else blocked)
Chromium - for finding new stuff (everything deleted and reset at exiting the browser)
Falkon - play around and find out if I can get rid of chromium
@devil, please try firefox 70 and the real firefox not a debian one, restored session I have never had a problem with, right now I have 124 tabs open, I have a old machine
It seems that the new version (76.0.3809.87-2) fixes the problem. (At least no crashes for me so far.) I will mark it solved.
@devil: I will second piper. Firefox has been running really well! (Although I do use Debian's package.) If you haven't given it a try in a while, it might be worth a try now...