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This is the command for silverblue. For Chrome to work you'll need to enable it in "Software Repositories" (which you get to through the hamburger menu in the "
by ccouzens 4y ago
This is the command for silverblue. For Chrome to work you'll need to enable it in "Software Repositories" (which you get to through the hamburger menu in the "Software" app).
rpm-ostree install google-chrome-stable vim mozilla-openh264 virt-manager libvirt
- Squarex 4y agowouldn't it be better to just use flatpack version?
- ccouzens 4y agoOf Chrome? https://github.com/flathub/com.google.Chrome https://github.com/flathub/com.google.Chrome Maybe. I'm more comfortable signing into my accounts using Chrome packaged by Google than by a third party. I should probably familiarise myself with the linked repo to show I'm worrying about nothing.
- Operative0198 4y agoGoogle only packages Chrome for Ubuntu (deb) officially. If you are not using Ubuntu, you are probably not using Chrome directly from Google. However, if you use flatpaks you might as well trust this one package from flathub since the trust model is the same.
- ccouzens 4y agoThey have both an RPM and deb download https://www.google.com/chrome/ https://www.google.com/chrome/ But I get your point that if I'm enabling it through fedora's interface I'm already trusting more than just Google.
- curt15 4y agoIt not only is packaged by a third party but also uses a community-written patch[1] to replace Chrome's built-in sandbox with Flatpak's own sandbox. It's unclear to me whether Chromium upstream has vetted or is even aware of this modification. [1] https://github.com/refi64/zypak https://github.com/refi64/zypak