Subject: google-chrome-stable vs. chromium

From: Bob Bernstein <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:05:28 -0400 (EDT)

I haven't posted a question from the far left end of the 
bell-shaped curve in some time, so please bear with me!

In respect of my Subject: line, above, I have the first of those 
two packages installed.

How does it differ from the second, which I do not have 
installed?

Thank youse,

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From: Eduardo Quagliato <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 03:53:26 -0300

google-chrome-stable: Google's package, with its proprietary software in it
(like flash and other things alike);
chromium: Open-source project from which Google drawn its source (refer to
http://www.chromium.org/);

If want to use netflix and things like that, it will be easier if you use
google-chrome-stable. But if you care more about not using proprietary
software, you problem should use chromium and use some workarounds.

-- eduardo quagliato
http://quagliato.me

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Bob Bernstein <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> I haven't posted a question from the far left end of the bell-shaped curve
> in some time, so please bear with me!
>
> In respect of my Subject: line, above, I have the first of those two
> packages installed.
>
> How does it differ from the second, which I do not have installed?
>
> Thank youse,
>
> --

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From: Bob Bernstein <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:28:49 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 15 Sep 2016, Eduardo Quagliato wrote:

> google-chrome-stable: Google's package, with its proprietary
> software in it (like flash and other things alike);
> chromium: Open-source project from which Google drawn its
> source (refer to http://www.chromium.org/);

Thanks. Concise. I think I get it.

> If want to use netflix and things like that [...]

Aha. That describes me to a tee. Now, I put a premium on things 
that "just work."

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From: Lisi Reisz <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 22:07:08 +0100

> Aha. That describes me to a tee. Now, I put a premium on things

So you have chosen well.  Anyway, I do the same, for much the same reason, so 
it must be the right choice. ;-)  (There are things I want to watch.)

Lisi