| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # The Difference between Google Chrome and Chromium on Linux |
| andybons | 3322f76 | 2015-08-24 21:37:09 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | Chromium on Linux has two general flavors: You can either get |
| 4 | [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux) or chromium-browser |
| Tom Anderson | 93e49e49 | 2019-12-23 19:55:37 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | (see [Linux Chromium Packages](linux/chromium_packages.md)). |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | This page tries to describe the differences between the two. |
| andybons | 3322f76 | 2015-08-24 21:37:09 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | In short, Google Chrome is the Chromium open source project built, packaged, and |
| 9 | distributed by Google. This table lists what Google adds to the Google Chrome |
| 10 | builds **on Linux**. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ## Google Chrome |
| 13 | |
| 14 | * Colorful logo |
| Tom Anderson | 93e49e49 | 2019-12-23 19:55:37 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | * [Reports crashes](linux/crash_dumping.md) only if turned on. |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | Please include symbolized backtraces in bug reports if you don't have crash |
| 17 | reporting turned on. |
| 18 | * User metrics only if turned on |
| Dale Curtis | 8a6bf7c | 2020-11-20 22:50:58 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | * Video and Audio codecs (may vary by distribution) |
| 20 | * **H.264**, AV1, VP8, and VP9 video codecs. |
| 21 | * **AAC**, MP3, Opus, Theora, Vorbis, FLAC, and WAV audio codecs. |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | * Sandboxed PPAPI (non-free) Flash plugin included in release |
| 23 | * Code is tested by Chrome developers |
| 24 | * Sandbox is always on |
| 25 | * Single deb/rpm package |
| 26 | * Profile is kept in `~/.config/google-chrome` |
| 27 | * Cache is kept in `~/.cache/google-chrome` |
| 28 | * New releases are tested before being sent to users |
| 29 | * Google API keys are added by Google |
| 30 | |
| 31 | ## Chromium |
| 32 | |
| 33 | * Blue logo |
| Tom Anderson | 93e49e49 | 2019-12-23 19:55:37 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | * Does not ever [report crashes](linux/crash_dumping.md). Please include |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | symbolized backtraces in bug reports. |
| 36 | * User metrics are never reported. |
| Dale Curtis | 8a6bf7c | 2020-11-20 22:50:58 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | * Video and Audio codecs (may vary by distribution) |
| 38 | * AV1, VP8, and VP9 video codecs. |
| 39 | * MP3, Opus, Theora, Vorbis, FLAC, and WAV audio codecs. |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | * Supports NPAPI (unsandboxed) Flash plugins, including the one from Adobe in |
| 41 | Chrome 34 and below |
| 42 | * Code may be modified by distributions |
| 43 | * Sandbox depends on the distribution (navigate to about:sandbox to confirm) |
| 44 | * Packaging depends on the distribution |
| 45 | * Profile is kept in `~/.config/chromium` |
| 46 | * Cache is kept in `~/.cache/chromium` |
| 47 | * New release testing depends on the distribution |
| 48 | * Distributions are encouraged to track stable channel releases: see |
| paulirish | 46f31ca | 2015-12-07 07:58:55 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/, http://omahaproxy.appspot.com/ |
| andybons | 222c4ee | 2015-08-25 16:51:03 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | and http://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/ |
| 51 | * Google API keys depend on the distribution |
| xiaoyin.l | 1003c0b | 2016-12-06 02:51:17 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | * See https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys |
