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luser001 · 2013-03-11 16:18:06+00:00

Two reasons:

1) Where can I find official-ish Chromium for Windows?

2) On Ubuntu, Chromium always seems to be behind Chrome wrt updates.

I tried Chromium on Ubuntu, but switched because of the lag. Let me know if I am mistaken.

derengel | karma 106 | avg karma 0.83 · | 2014-08-06 21:17:23+00:00

Chromium on Ubuntu 14.04 is lagging versions behind Chrome, even Debian stable has a version of chromium newer than 14.04.

dependenttypes | karma 1649 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2020-08-04 09:19:39+00:00

I think that most linux distros package chromium instead of Chrome for this reason.

gouranga | karma 1679 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2012-05-21 10:34:31+00:00

Chromium is not what people are using. Chrome is. Completely different build output.

TheRealPomax | karma 7886 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2019-03-30 16:10:16

Perhaps because unlike Chrome, Chromium actually _is_ open source.

zarlss43 | karma 19 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2023-06-06 10:29:54

Chromium is an open-source browser, not Chrome.

hedora | karma 21378 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2017-01-05 16:07:25+00:00

I'm surprised people still use Chrome and not Chromium. Perhaps a few devs in your situation could improve the Chromium installation flow for Windows, etc.

Google doesn't have much incentive to make it easy, but third parties (like Debian) do, and do a lot of the heavy lifting on an ongoing basis.

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e1ven | karma 12186 | avg karma 7.62 · | 2009-10-13 15:08:42+00:00

These are links to the Chromium project, which is the open source version of the Google Chrome Web Browser. These builds run on Linux.

Am I missing something?

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tdedecko | karma 474 | avg karma 5.64 · | 2009-12-28 22:02:02

I'm currently using Chromium on Ubuntu. I find the dev builds to be buggy. It is not very stable and it has some really annoying display bugs.

I haven't tried Chrome yet, but if you are looking for stability I would trust it over Chromium.

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tinus_hn | karma 7585 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2019-05-06 10:02:05

Chromium is not Chrome. It does not have auto-update. Surprisingly this gives more control by default than with Firefox.

pc86 | karma 24701 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-02-21 15:27:07

And Chromium isn't Chrome. What's your point?

Tharre | karma 341 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2016-09-26 06:40:14

Chromium does have stable releases, they are the same as for chrome. And about every linux distribution out there ships chromium binaries, so what's your point?

Khaine | karma 3031 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2013-12-01 08:44:00+00:00

Because Chrome has flash built in and auto-updated. Chromium does not. If you need to use flash, and want to minimise security issues, then Chrome is the browser of choice.

kizza | karma 28 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2013-04-25 13:06:13+00:00

I'm using Chromium from the Ubuntu repository, which is good enough for me until they get it sorted out.

trezor | karma 2085 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2009-07-11 12:21:33+00:00

Chrome != Chromium. Anyone who has tried Chromium in Linux will instantly notice they are using a much less polished product.

Chromium may be open source, but Chrome is not.

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couchand | karma 4306 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2014-11-14 16:39:23+00:00

Chromium is open source, Chrome is not.

xfs | karma | avg karma · | 2013-04-24 20:15:15+00:00

Seconded. Chromium, Linux.

robert_foss | karma 3871 | avg karma 4.86 · | 2020-05-01 05:03:57

I didn't know chromium was shipped as a snap on Ubuntu now. That explains it being real slow to start.

ForHackernews | karma 13152 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2015-03-19 04:36:25+00:00

Chromium is the open-source version of Google Chrome.

Socketubs | karma 375 | avg karma 3.71 · | 2016-10-20 16:16:01+00:00

No problem for me with Chromium on Linux. Page is fast.