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> Chrome is basically crippling Chromium's features The article doesn't even rule out the obvious possibility that the problems are just due to a bug in Chromi
by infodroid 9y ago
> Chrome is basically crippling Chromium's features
The article doesn't even rule out the obvious possibility that the problems are just due to a bug in Chromium, and not some malicious behaviour on the part of Chrome. After all, both Chrome and Chromium share a common code base and it's highly plausible that there might be some issues with running them side by side.
Also, part of the problem might be due to the fact the author didn't purge Chrome with `dpkg -P` but only removed the package with `dpkg -r`, leaving Chrome conffiles intact, which then broke Chromium.
So until there is at least some indication that the problem isn't just due to one or more bugs in Chromium, the author's claims are seriously exaggerated and the article is effectively clickbait.
The best way to deal with such problems is to engage with Ubuntu, Chrome, or Chromium support systems and community forums.
- nl 9y agoExactly. It's pretty clear that this is an attempt to keep the profiles compatible between the two, but it's probably an untested combination of rarely used features. Chromium + Linux + Using (specific?) Chrome Apps + Installing version of Chrome after Chromium = not many people have done this. It seems to me "just a bug", and probably easily worked around (as I posted below) by using multiple profiles. Annoying though I guess.