Chromium on Linux has two general flavors: You can either get Google Chrome or chromium-browser (see LinuxChromiumPackages). This page tries to describe the differences between the two.
In short, Google Chrome is the Chromium open source project built, packaged, and distributed by Google. This table lists what Google adds to the Google Chrome builds.
| | Google Chrome | Chromium | Extra notes |
| Logo | Colorful | Blue |
| Crash reporting | Yes, if you turn it on | None | Please include symbolized backtraces in bug reports if you don't have crash reporting |
| User metrics | Yes, if you turn it on | No |
| Video and audio tags | AAC, MP3, Vorbis and Theora | Vorbis and Theora by default | Varies by distro: Ubuntu Chromium ships the two flavors, Fedora Chromium removes support completely |
| Adobe Flash | custom (non-free) plugin included in release | supports NPAPI plugins, including the one from Adobe |
| PDF support | custom (non-free) plugin included in release | downloads and displays with system PDF viewer | The Chrome PDF plugin uses 3rd-party non-free code; no Free Software PDF plugin exists that supports all the PDF features we'd like (such as filling in forms). :( |
| Code | Tested by developers | Modified by distributions | Extra modifications by distributions have been a continual source of problems for users; please include distribution information if you report bugs |
| Sandbox | Always on | may be disabled, depending on distributor | Ubuntu and Gentoo: always on; warning: some unofficial Slackware packages remove it! |
| Package | Single deb/rpm | distro specific, sometimes split into multiple parts (locale data, inspector, v8) | Ubuntu ships l10n and inspector (optional) and 2 codecs sets (1 mandatory) for both the nightly builds, the dev channel and the beta channel, but with the same package names in each channel |
| Profile | Kept in ~/.config/google-chrome | Kept in ~/.config/chromium |
| Cache | Kept in ~/.cache/google-chrome | Kept in ~/.cache/chromium |
| Quality Assurance | New releases are tested before sending to users | Sometimes nightly builds without testing | Depends on the distro; e.g. Ubuntu Chromium tracks the same version numbers as Google Chrome, but other distros sometimes ship unstable "nightly" builds |
my problem is this I have dell this is latin to me iam new on this so I don't no my ins and out's i have igoogle and classsic google and iwant google chrome if I new what to push or change or deleat or move or what then it mite not be so bad it's like somebody putting on blandfold and walking in to a minefeild. I could realy use some help from someone who no's what there talking about. please let me know. this suck's they did not have this when I was in school ?.
mikegesmundo2012: The subtle distinction that is described on this page is only relevant if you're running an alternative operating system such as Ubuntu Linux on your computer. If you're using your Dell more-or-less they way they sent it to you, you don't need to worry about the differences between Google Chrome and Chromium -- if you'd like to try an alternative web-browser on your system, you can install Google Chrome and see if you like it.
blas_valencia32: The answer to your question depends entirely on how you're using your computer. I also want my applications to be automatically upgraded as new releases come out, and it so happens that my computer is running Ubuntu Lucid (which is a Linux-based system), which has a very-nice built-in system/application update facility. So, I installed Chromium with the following command: sudo apt-get install chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
On my Mac OS X laptop, I just installed the Google Chrome package, and I will use its internal "Update Now" button, documented here: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95414 This should work in a similar-fashion for standalone Windows computers, too.
However, since the answer depends mostly on what operating system your computer is running, and also on how that operating system is configured, nobody can give you a definitive answer without more information.
This was a good source of information, didn't know much about chromium till now. Thanks to those who put this together.
my problem is this that my i love chrome but chrome is crashing too much what can i do? for improving this problem?
Since grave bug in Debian Sid is preventing me from using Chromium (http://goo.gl/VUI5h) for the first time I tried using Chrome instead and even tho differences seem to be minimal after what I experienced on Chrome seems like a much better choice.
jjj àÁ×èÍ 28 ¾.Â. 2011 14:50, <chromium@googlecode.com> à¢Õ¹ÇèÒ:
chrome is better...............
which is better yea??
mikegesmundo2012: you went to school?
F àÁ×èÍ 9 ¸.¤. 2011 18:17, <chromium@googlecode.com> à¢Õ¹ÇèÒ:
There are two views... 1. If you are a user, you will prefer Chrome. 2. If you are a Developer, as you know Chromium...
Anyway, I hope Chromium is much faster than Chrome. Instant loading...
Anyone know if the "print to PDF" is a chrome only option or will it eventually appear in chromium?
on ubuntu I prefer chromuim, seems much more stable with regard to flash. On the mac, chrome for sure.