

So one might say that Chromium is the father of Chrome. But afterwards Google does some extra things to Chromium, and then releases it as Chrome.

This is why I discourage the use of Chromium in Ubuntu (not in Mint).Ĭhrome is based on Chromium: Google develops Chromium as open source, and makes it freely available to open source developers, like those of Linux. But in Ubuntu there's a catch: in Ubuntu 20.04, Chromium can only be installed as a so-called snap package, which is undesirable. You may ask: what's the difference between Chrome and Chromium? The answer is: they differ very little.īoth Chrome and Chromium can be installed in Linux Mint and Ubuntu.

Solve an occasional update problem caused by ChromeĬhrome and Chromium: what's the difference?ġ. Want to get rid of polluted settings in Chrome or Chromium? Extensions and add-ons: don't turn Chrome into a Christmas tree Some graphics cards: disable the hardware acceleration Chrome and Chromium: what's the difference?
