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Issue 1309473002: WIP: Migrate Wiki content over to src/docs (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git@master
Patch Set: Created 5 years, 4 months ago
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+Chromium on Linux has two general flavors: You can either get [Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux) or chromium-browser (see LinuxChromiumPackages). This page tries to describe the differences between the two.
+
+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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+| | **Google Chrome** | **Chromium** | **Extra notes** |
+|:|:------------------|:-------------|:----------------|
+| Logo | Colorful | Blue |
+| [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 |
+| User metrics | Yes, if you turn it on | No |
+| Video and audio tags | AAC, H.264, MP3, Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WAV | Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WAV by default | May vary by distro |
+| Adobe Flash | Sandboxed PPAPI (non-free) plugin included in release | Supports NPAPI (unsandboxed) plugins, including the one from Adobe in Chrome 34 and below |
+| Code | Tested by Chrome developers | May be modified by distributions | Please include distribution information if you report bugs |
+| Sandbox | Always on | Depending on the distribution (navigate to about:sandbox to confirm) | |
+| Package | Single deb/rpm | Depending on the distribution | |
+| Profile | Kept in `~/.config/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.config/chromium` |
+| Cache | Kept in `~/.cache/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.cache/chromium` |
+| Quality Assurance | New releases are tested before sending to users | Depending on the distribution | Distributions are encouraged to track stable channel releases: see http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/ , http://omahaproxy.appspot.com/ and http://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/ |
+| Google API keys | Added by Google | Depending on the distribution | See http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys |
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