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| 1 Chromium on Linux has two general flavors: You can either get [Google Chrome](ht
tp://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux) or chromium-browser (see LinuxChromiu
mPackages). This page tries to describe the differences between the two. |
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| 3 In short, Google Chrome is the Chromium open source project built, packaged, and
distributed by Google. This table lists what Google adds to the Google Chrome
builds **on Linux**. |
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| 5 | | **Google Chrome** | **Chromium** | **Extra notes** | |
| 6 |:|:------------------|:-------------|:----------------| |
| 7 | Logo | Colorful | Blue | |
| 8 | [Crash reporting](LinuxCrashDumping.md) | Yes, if you turn it on | None
| Please include symbolized backtraces in bug reports if you don't have crash
reporting | |
| 9 | User metrics | Yes, if you turn it on | No | |
| 10 | Video and audio tags | AAC, H.264, MP3, Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WA
V | Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WAV by default | May vary by distro | |
| 11 | Adobe Flash | Sandboxed PPAPI (non-free) plugin included in release | Supports
NPAPI (unsandboxed) plugins, including the one from Adobe in Chrome 34 and belo
w | |
| 12 | Code | Tested by Chrome developers | May be modified by distributions | Please
include distribution information if you report bugs | |
| 13 | Sandbox | Always on | Depending on the distribution (navigate to abou
t:sandbox to confirm) | | |
| 14 | Package | Single deb/rpm | Depending on the distribution |
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| 15 | Profile | Kept in `~/.config/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.config/chromium` | |
| 16 | Cache | Kept in `~/.cache/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.cache/chromium` | |
| 17 | Quality Assurance | New releases are tested before sending to users | Dependin
g on the distribution | Distributions are encouraged to track stable channel rel
eases: see http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/ , http://omahaproxy.appspot
.com/ and http://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/ | |
| 18 | Google API keys | Added by Google | Depending on the distribution | See http
://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys | |
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