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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox-bin GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:40:35
Message-Id: 2333564.3Bv46BnijP@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox-bin GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wednesday 11 Nov 2015 20:46:45 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:07:20 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 > > >> Is "www-client/chromium" good alternative to firefox?
4 > > >
5 > > > I much prefer it, but that's all it is, personal preference. Try it
6 > > > and decide for yourself. It's a long emerge so you may want to try
7 > > > with chrome first, it's a binary package so much faster to install.
8 > >
9 > > I was just checking out on other forums; chromium is an open source and
10 > > not very well maintain. www-client/google-chrome suppose to be better.
11 >
12 > On what is that claim based? Chromium used the chrome source code with
13 > the proprietary bits removed and the same versions of both are available
14 > in portage.
15
16 ...and I'm for ever having to recompile chromium as it seems to change about
17 once a week. Not what you would call poorly supported.
18
19 --
20 Rgds
21 Peter

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