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    Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    Just wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between Google Chrome, and Chromium.

    As far as I can tell, the only difference is the colors of the logo, and the name.

    Did Google actually do anything?

    Or did they just slap their name on it?

    Not that I think its a bad thing.

    Just curious.

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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    Quote Originally Posted by cbanakis View Post
    Just wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between Google Chrome, and Chromium.

    As far as I can tell, the only difference is the colors of the logo, and the name.

    Did Google actually do anything?

    Or did they just slap their name on it?

    Not that I think its a bad thing.

    Just curious.
    no flash or pdf in chromium by default. you can install both the pdf and flash though really easily at least in arch. i actually find chromium faster.
    Whoever came up with the phrase "There is no such thing as a stupid question" obviously never had the internet.

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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    This is the page I always point people to:

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Googl...o-140060.shtml
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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    Google's Chrome comes with Flash (and not the legacy that's in the Ubuntu repositories - Google provides newer Flash). That's the biggest difference.

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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    The sad thing is, I prefer Chrome because the icon is prettier
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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    Quote Originally Posted by rft183 View Post
    The sad thing is, I prefer Chrome because the icon is prettier
    google image search google chrome icon and then replace the chromium icon with the downloaded image
    Whoever came up with the phrase "There is no such thing as a stupid question" obviously never had the internet.

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    Re: Chromium vs Google Chrome. (Any difference at all?)

    Quote Originally Posted by cbanakis View Post
    Just wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between Google Chrome, and Chromium.

    As far as I can tell, the only difference is the colors of the logo, and the name.

    Did Google actually do anything?

    Or did they just slap their name on it?

    Not that I think its a bad thing.

    Just curious.
    they the same except for some proprietary 3rd party stuff that Google Chrome added (flash, mp3 codecs etc, PDF)

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