Chromium Browser

[ClutchDisc]

Well about a month ago I switched from Google Chrome to Firefox. Last night I opened up the software manager and thought I would give Chromium a try... Well I clicked install and as soon as it was installed I opened it up. Looks a lot like Google Chrome. (It's the open source base for Chrome) I used it a little and I liked it a lot better than Chrome. I could even use my sync account with Chrome on Chromium! I switched over to Chromium now as my main browser! Anyone else using Chromium? How do you like it?

 

[EricF]

I can't live without Lastpass & Adblock Plus..
I don't think I'll ever be trying it unfortunately.

 

[faramir9]

Originally Posted By: EricF
I can't live without Lastpass & Adblock Plus..
I don't think I'll ever be trying it unfortunately.


Ad Block Plus is available on both Chromium and Google Chrome, in both Windows and Ubuntu/Mint. Not sure about Lastpass as I do not use it.

Firefox is my main browser in Xubuntu, while in Win 7 I use Pale Moon, which is based on Firefox but tweaked and allegedly optimized. Chromium is a hair faster, and I see why people like and use it, but something about it does not speak to me. Chromium is not as Google-ized as is Chrome, which is good....

 

[ClutchDisc]

Originally Posted By: faramir9
Originally Posted By: EricF
I can't live without Lastpass & Adblock Plus..
I don't think I'll ever be trying it unfortunately.


Ad Block Plus is available on both Chromium and Google Chrome, in both Windows and Ubuntu/Mint. Not sure about Lastpass as I do not use it.

Firefox is my main browser in Xubuntu, while in Win 7 I use Pale Moon, which is based on Firefox but tweaked and allegedly optimized. Chromium is a hair faster, and I see why people like and use it, but something about it does not speak to me. Chromium is not as Google-ized as is Chrome, which is good....

Exactly! I didn't like how google-ized Chrome was. Chromium is perfect. And yes, adblock plus works great on Chromium. I won't use a browser that can't use adblock.

 

[KeithS_NW_Ohio]

Check out SR Iron browser, based on Chromium:
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

 

[ClutchDisc]

Originally Posted By: KeithS_NW_Ohio
Check out SR Iron browser, based on Chromium:
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Very interesting. But I am going to stick with Chromium.

 

[uc50ic4more]

The ONLY difference between Chromium (which is open-source) and Chrome is that Google adds a few proprietary, closed-course things on top of Chromium, like a utility that "phones home" with usage and crash stats, a .pdf viewer and a Flash player.

ALL extensions and add-ons work exactly the same on Chromium as on Chrome.

Chromium, being open-source, is available right from the repositories of almost all Linux distributions; whereas chrome has to be downloaded and installed manually, Windows-style (the hard way).

 

[KeithS_NW_Ohio]

Another Chromium offspring:
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php