[PLUG] Chrome vs. Chromium: Which is the Web Browser and Which the OS?

Nathan Williams nathan at nathanewilliams.com
Tue Jan 1 17:54:43 UTC 2013


On 01/01/2013 09:45 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Nathan Williams wrote:
>
>> "chromium" is the open-source core of the browser/OS, minus some
>> proprietary stuff like the built-in flash plugin.
> Nathan,
>
>     So installing the chromium browser won't enable viewing flash videos any
> more than they can be viewed with firefox or opera?
>
>> chrome download: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
>     Browser or OS? :-)

indeed. Google seems to have a habit of picking project names that are 
not very indicative of their purpose.

>
>> as for why chromium won't build... no idea... did you check the md5sum to
>> verify the download?
>     Downloaded the source again and now it's building.
>
>     Or, can the 11.2 version of flashplayer be found and installed in any
> browser?

chromium should pick up the flashplayer like firefox does if you've got 
it installed in any of the usual locations (e.g. 
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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