Dear All,

In the morning after I have synced my portage I saw there is a
google-chrome and chromium package. The version numbers are the same.
I watched the websites and basically they are the same. Google Chrome
is the Chrome browser and the Chromium is the open source project. I
would like to know what is the difference between them and why do we
have two package?

Thanks in advance for any information!

András

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On Friday 02 Sep 2011 09:27:09 András Csányi wrote:

> Dear All,

>

> In the morning after I have synced my portage I saw there is a

> google-chrome and chromium package. The version numbers are the same.

> I watched the websites and basically they are the same. Google Chrome

> is the Chrome browser and the Chromium is the open source project. I

> would like to know what is the difference between them and why do we

> have two package?

>

> Thanks in advance for any information!

>

> 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 automatic updates, built-in PDF reader and Google branding, and most noticeably has a blue-colored logo in place of the multicolored Google logo.

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

Also, one is a binary, one is source that you need to compile. And
Chromium is an EXTREMELY long compile....

On 2 September 2011 09:45, Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> This is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_chrome
>
> Chromium implements a similar feature set as Chrome, but lacks built-in
> automatic updates, built-in PDF reader and Google branding, and most
> noticeably has a blue-colored logo in place of the multicolored Google logo.

Hmmm... Thanks!

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On 2 September 2011 10:17, JD Horelick <jdhore1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, one is a binary, one is source that you need to compile. And
> Chromium is an EXTREMELY long compile....

I agree it takes long time (1-2 hours on my machine) but the compile
time doesn't matter for me. I upgrade my machine from my workplace.

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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:31 AM, András Csányi <sayusi.ando@gmail.com> wrote:


On 2 September 2011 10:17, JD Horelick <jdhore1@gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Also, one is a binary, one is source that you need to compile. And

> Chromium is an EXTREMELY long compile....



I agree it takes long time (1-2 hours on my machine) but the compile

time doesn't matter for me. I upgrade my machine from my workplace.



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This was brought up on gentoo-dev ML last week by*Mike Gilbert (aka*floppym).*

---Snip----I have been maintaining an ebuild for Google*Chrome*in an overlay. It


basically extracts a deb file to /opt. This serves as an easy
alternative for people who do not have the patience to compile
Chromium.

Now that I have developer access, I would like to move this to the
tree. Before doing so, I need some advice on how to deal with the


EULA[1].

--Snip--hth,Matt

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