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mnml
October 29th, 2009, 06:15 PM
I would like to know why chromium isn't part of the official repos, I have been using it for a few days using this repo:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
And it's very stable..
gjoellee
October 29th, 2009, 06:21 PM
I would like to know why chromium isn't part of the official repos, I have been using it for a few days using this repo:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic mainAnd it's very stable..

I would say that it is not stable enough, and it does not work with enough Internet apps yet. I cannot watch attached images in the forums with Chromium.

Somehow Jolicloud has a fully working Chromium browser, but that does not seem to be from the daily updates. Maybe the Chromium used in Jolicloud could be using in the Ubuntu repos?
albandy
October 29th, 2009, 06:22 PM
It could be as stable as you want, but is beta software.
earthpigg
October 29th, 2009, 06:41 PM
It could be as stable as you want, but is beta software.

beta software has been in the repos before. i can't remember which release it was, but one ubuntu release even came with a beta version of firefox preinstalled as the web browser.
gjoellee
October 29th, 2009, 06:44 PM
beta software has been in the repos before. i can't remember which release it was, but one ubuntu release even came with a beta version of firefox preinstalled as the web browser.


Yes, I think that was with Hardy Heron LTS
kellemes
October 29th, 2009, 08:24 PM
I would like to know why chromium isn't part of the official repos, I have been using it for a few days using this repo:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
And it's very stable..

It's not even beta, it's a developers-snapshot I believe.
Who needs Chromium anyway, it's just another browser we already have too many of.

Go Opera! (http://www.opera.com/)
KoKuToru
October 31st, 2009, 07:41 PM
It's not even beta, it's a developers-snapshot I believe.
Who needs Chromium anyway, it's just another browser we already have too many of.

Go Opera! (http://www.opera.com/)

Chromium is fast and slim ! Runs super fast on slow laptops.
I am using it as main-browser.
albandy
October 31st, 2009, 07:51 PM
chromium it's incomplete, for example you can't use personal certificates without using external command line utilities.