Το Chromium είναι ένα πρόγραμμα tourς ανοικτού κώδικα που αποτελεί τη βάση για το πρόγραμμα περιήγησης Chrome της Google. Ας δούμε τι σημαίνει αυτό.
When Google first introduced 2008 to Chrome, it also released the Chromium source code as an open source project on which Chrome is based. This open source is developed by Chromium Project, while Chrome is developed by Google itself.
The biggest difference between the two browsers is that while Chrome is based on Chromium, Google has added a lot of features to its browser, such as automatic updates and support for additional video formats.
Google has taken a similar approach with Chromium OS, which is an open source project that forms the basis for Chrome OS – the functional system running on Chromebooks.
What Chrome Does Not Do by Chromium
Chrome is based on Chromium, but Google has added several closed-source bits to the Chrome browser. Specifically, Google gets Chromium and adds the following:
AAC, H.264, and MP3 Support. Chrome has authorized encoders for these proprietary media formats, enabling you to have a wider variety of multimedia content - especially for pages that use HTML5 video for steaming H.264 video. Both browsers include basic, free encoders: Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9 and WAV.
Adobe Flash (PPAPI). Chrome includes a Flash API Pepper API (PPAPI) plug-in that automatically updates Google along with Chrome. This is the way Google uses to automatically upgrade Flash to Linux. Even on Windows or Mac systems, Chrome's Flash PPAPI Flash plugin is much better than the Flash NPAPI available from the Adobe website.
Google Update. Chrome on Windows and Mac users have an extra background running app that automatically keeps Chrome up to date. Linux users use standard software management tools.
Extension Restrictions. In Chrome, Google disables extensions that are not hosted on the Chrome Web Store.
Report bugs. Chrome users can choose to send statistics and data for any errors in Google in order to analyze them.
Sandbox security. Η Google διαθέτει το χαρακτηριστικό και στους δύο browsers. Ωστόσο αναφέρει ότι σε ορισμένες διανομές Linux επιτρέπει την απενεργοποίηση του sandbox του Chromium, που λειτουργεί από προchoice (μπορείτε να το κάνετε από την διεύθυνση about:sandbox).
However, Chromium is still at the heart of Google. For example, Chromium contains the same synchronization features that Chrome has, allowing you to sign in with a Google Account and sync your data.
Download Chromium
Acquiring Google Chrome on any platform simply requires a visit to the Google Chrome download page, so let's take a look at how you can download Chromium.
In Linux distributions, Chromium is downloaded and installed directly from the software repositories of each distribution. Arch, for example, is in the official repositories but you can also find it in AUR. Chromium is updated with security updates through the software repositories of each Linux distribution.
On Windows and Mac systems, using Chrómium is a bit more difficult. You can get the official versions of Chrómium, but they will not be automatically updated. Updater is part of the Google Chrome closed-source code. You could of course use third-party updaters as long as you trust them.
Is Spyware Available?
As mentioned before, Google Chrome has debugging features, which is not available on Chromium. If you choose to enable error reporting in Chrome, the error information will be sent to Google.
Chromium also does not have the ability to track usage or "count users" in Chrome. This is an optional feature that sends information about how to use the various parts of the browser to Google, giving them data that they can use to make decisions.
In the past, many were concerned that Chrome was sending a unique "client ID" and reported that Chromium did not. Google has stopped doing this since 2010.
However, Chromium includes many features that depend on Google's servers and these features are enabled by default. You can view these features from the Chromium Settings page. Settings include a web service that helps correct bad web addresses, a prediction service, Google anti-phishing, and more.
What should I use?
Ο περιηγητής Chromium είναι χρηστικός επειδή επιτρέπει στις διανομές Linux που απαιτούν λογισμικό ανοιχτού κώδικα να διαθέτουν ένα πρόγραμμα περιήγησης ιστού σχεδόν ταυτόσημο με το Chrome. Υπάρχουν διανομές Linux που χρησιμοποιούν το το Chromium σαν προεπιλεγμένο πρόγραμμα περιήγησης στο Web αντί του Firefox. Αν χρησιμοποιείτε λογισμικό ανοιχτού κώδικα και προσπαθείτε να αποφύγετε κάθε λογισμικό που περιέχει κλειστό κώδικα, το Chromium είναι για εσάς.
However, many Linux users who are not as passionate (to the point of compulsive) about open source software can install Chrome instead of Chromium. Installing Chrome provides a better Flash playback feature if you use Flash and unlocks a lot of media content on the web. For example, Google Chrome on Linux can now stream videos from Netflix. This apehH.264 support for HTML5 video, something Chromium doesn't have.
So Chrome or Chrome browser? If you use Windows or Mac systems, the choice is clear. The choice should be made by Linux users.
