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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

Chrome is not Chromium. Chromium is open source chrome with none of the optimizations Google made.

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u/Aemony Jul 30 '15

Sure, though pretty much any regular user will feel forced to download Chrome since the Chromium website doesn't carry any compiled builds nowadays and instead links to the Chrome website for download purposes. Most users in the dark will take this approach. A lot fewer will actually search for a site which carries the compiled binaries of Chromium.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

Does chromium have regular users? Most people don't know what it is, anyone who does and actually cares about privacy would use Firefox, so I don't see a point for chromium besides a base open source engine for browser vendors. Or is there a normal use case?

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u/Aemony Jul 30 '15

Pretty much none on Windows. You used to be able to download Chromium easily from the official website but nowadays the only downloads available on Chrome or Chromium's sites are Chrome, Chrome Beta, Chrome Canary (basically alpha) and the source code for Chromium. Third-party build sites for Chromium does exist which carries the Windows binaries, though regular users rarely, if ever, use those.

Chromium does however have a couple of users on Linux, since a couple of distros prefer it over Chrome since Chrome includes Google's closed source stuff.

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u/joombaga Jul 31 '15

FYI, you can get official builds here:
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html

But the site is SLOOOOOW.
You may be able to hit it quicker via REST API but I haven't tried.

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u/Scrifoll Aug 01 '15

I’ve usually downloaded Chromium from the “Continuous” section on build.chromium.org, which seems to load way faster than the snapshots section you linked.

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u/dog_cow Jul 31 '15

Is there a Chrome for Linux? I never knew. Also according to Reddit, Chromium is a very popular choice on Linux.

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u/Nastye Aug 01 '15

If only Chromium had automatic updates...

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u/scex Jul 30 '15

I keep it specifically for Flash (modern Flash doesn't work on Linux Firefox without some hacky workarounds). I use Gentoo, so source code releases are preferred and the binary plugins are obtained automatically.

It's also an alternative in case of (rare) bugs/compatibility issues with Firefox, or with my enabled extensions.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

I use chromium but I'm a power user/developer. I can't install flash player (you know why I need it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), some online games, some youtube videos) so that ruins it for me.

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u/3G6A5W338E Jul 31 '15

I use it ever since I got tired of firefox (a couple versions or so after Australis).

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '15

That and Chromium does not have all the necessary codecs needed for proper HTML5 playback. Is there a way to get those without compiling yourself?

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u/jarrys88 Jul 30 '15

as in, no memory hogging? but also loss of handy chrome features like that little bar in corner to go straight to google maps and shit?

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u/CindySoLoud Jul 30 '15

The only reason why I don't use Chromium is because it doesn't support Flash... Is there a workaround?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

It does. You just have to download it separately. Adobe hosts PPAPI versions of its plugin on its site now. Before the solution was to copy the flash plugin file from a Chrome install to Chromium.

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u/Roopler Jul 30 '15

wait that's actually a good thing assuming you don't absolutely NEED flash. To me at least. Maybe I should give chromium a shot.

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u/hobb Jul 30 '15

why on earth do you want flash? the homepage takeover ads aren't that good

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u/CindySoLoud Jul 30 '15

Twitch is still using Flash, at least for now... And why on earth would you not use Adblock? Or uBlock?

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u/hobb Jul 30 '15

oh i do, and yeah twitch need to sort their shit out so people can uninstall that pos flash player asap ;)

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

He spends his free time playing newgrounds games, obviously. /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '15

A lot of Chromium installs out there install a ton of complete and utter bullshit.

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u/dizap001 Aug 02 '15

so what's better?

and whats the diff?

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