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On 2 September 2011 03:45, Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Friday 02 Sep 2011 09:27:09 András Csányi wrote: |
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>> Dear All, |
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>> In the morning after I have synced my portage I saw there is a |
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>> google-chrome and chromium package. The version numbers are the same. |
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>> I watched the websites and basically they are the same. Google Chrome |
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>> is the Chrome browser and the Chromium is the open source project. I |
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>> would like to know what is the difference between them and why do we |
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>> have two package? |
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>> Thanks in advance for any information! |
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>> András |
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> This is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_chrome |
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> Chromium implements a similar feature set as Chrome, but lacks built-in |
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> automatic updates, built-in PDF reader and Google branding, and most |
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> noticeably has a blue-colored logo in place of the multicolored Google logo. |
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> -- |
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> - Yohan Pereira |
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> "A man can do as he will, but not will as he will" - Schopenhauer |
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Also, one is a binary, one is source that you need to compile. And |
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Chromium is an EXTREMELY long compile.... |
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