![]() ![]() On Ubuntu, Chrome release = Chromium release, because the Ubuntu team took care about that (as soon as a Chrome update is released, an Ubuntu's Chromium update is released, based by the same source code, but, of course, without Google's code). Some of the code added include PDF reader, Flash player (which will update, but the Linux one will not update any more) and tracking (so Google and the NSA will know everything). Google has already taken and modified the OS code with 3rd party CS, with its own code, and released the CS software named Chrome. That means if you have enough programming skills, you can see and modify its source code, and, eventually, make it a Closed source (=CS) software (like the Torch Browser on Windows). Chrome, is owned by Google, so Google can do anything with it.Ĭhromium is Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS). This Wikipedia page outlines some of the security/usage tracking differences between the two browsers.įirst of all, Chromium is owned by the community. If you trust Google to not break your computer and like the convenience of Chrome then you can use that if you want an open source browser that is the basis of Chrome that is peer reviewed by Ubuntu developers and doesn't require 3rd party sources then you want Chromium. The following packages in Ubuntu install the codecs and features in Chromium that you can find in Chrome: Fabien Tassin has a blog post about this process that goes into much more detail. There really aren't any proper "releases" made of Chromium, so Ubuntu developers base their build on what stable version of Chromium the stable Chrome build is based off of. Chromium has a release process exception, which allows the team to upload a Chromium build as soon as a new upstream release is made. This is maintained by Ubuntu developers and goes through our Stable Release Update process. However you can install this support with a few packages (see below).Ĭhromium, being open source, is available in the Ubuntu repositories. Since it doesn't need to be redistributable and open source, Chrome includes things that we can't ship in Ubuntu out of the box, like Flash and H264 support (See the Ubuntu promise). Chrome is updated by Google directly, as they run the entire repository and update Chrome on their schedule. First off, Google Chrome is a commercial closed source product made by Google which is based on the open source Chromium project.Ĭhrome is not available in the default Ubuntu repositories as it's not open source, however Google makes Chrome available through their own 3rd party repository. There are some key differences between Google Chrome and Chromium. ![]()
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