Chrome => Chromium

[czgirb]

Currently I installed Google Chrome in my Ubuntu 12.04 Pangolin
What is the difference between Chrome and Chromium?

I heard that Ubuntu 13.10 will come with Chromium instead of Firefox ... is it true or false?
How can I turn Chrome into Chromium?

[sudodus]

Chrome is Google's browser with proprietary code. Chromium-Browser is an open source version of Google's browser. To add confusion, I think there is a game called Chromium.

I don't think you can turn Chrome into Chromium-Browser.

[TenPlus1]

Chromium browser is the open-source foundation that Google Chrome is built upon... They both work the same and can both use Google's PepperFlash plugin to give you the latest flash player...

[mastablasta]

here is a nice list of differences and similarities between the two: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wi...VsGoogleChrome

[newb85]

I heard that Ubuntu 13.10 will come with Chromium instead of Firefox ... is it true or false?

Wouldn't surprise me in the least. I recall reading that Adobe was discontinuing their flash player support for Linux, which means watching flash videos in firefox would eventually become a problem.

Regardless, you could still use whatever browser you prefer (and remove the others, if you wish). Personally, I prefer Chrome or Chromium over FF. However, I have from time to time run into websites that don't function properly with them, so I keep FF around "just in case".

You can't turn Chrome into Chromium, but you could simply install Chromium. A good many of your settings (like bookmarks) are tied to your Google account, so those wouldn't have to be set up again. I currently have both installed on my 13.04 system.

[craig10x]

Chrome has a built in pdf reader and pepperflash plug in (adobe flash with latest versions) by default....so it's a more complete version of chromium, actually...and it also adds a ppa updater automatically to your software sources, so you will get the latest version automatically in your ubuntu updates...