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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.
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| +# The Difference between Google Chrome and Chromium on Linux
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| -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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| +Chromium on Linux has two general flavors: You can either get
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| +[Google Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux) or chromium-browser
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| +(see [Linux Chromium Packages](linux_chromium_packages.md).
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| +This page tries to describe the differences between the two.
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| -| | **Google Chrome** | **Chromium** | **Extra notes** |
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| -|:|:------------------|:-------------|:----------------|
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| -| Logo | Colorful | Blue |
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| -| [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 |
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| -| User metrics | Yes, if you turn it on | No |
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| -| 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 |
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| -| Adobe Flash | Sandboxed PPAPI (non-free) plugin included in release | Supports NPAPI (unsandboxed) plugins, including the one from Adobe in Chrome 34 and below |
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| -| Code | Tested by Chrome developers | May be modified by distributions | Please include distribution information if you report bugs |
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| -| Sandbox | Always on | Depending on the distribution (navigate to about:sandbox to confirm) | |
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| -| Package | Single deb/rpm | Depending on the distribution | |
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| -| Profile | Kept in `~/.config/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.config/chromium` |
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| -| Cache | Kept in `~/.cache/google-chrome` | Kept in `~/.cache/chromium` |
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| -| 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/ |
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| -| Google API keys | Added by Google | Depending on the distribution | See http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys |
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| +In short, Google Chrome is the Chromium open source project built, packaged, and
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| +distributed by Google. This table lists what Google adds to the Google Chrome
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| +builds **on Linux**.
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| +## Google Chrome
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| +
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| +* Colorful logo
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| +* [Reports crashes](linux_crash_dumping.md) only if turned on.
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| + Please include symbolized backtraces in bug reports if you don't have crash
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| + reporting turned on.
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| +* User metrics only if turned on
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| +* Video and Audio codecs (may vary by distro)
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| + * AAC, H.264, MP3, Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WAV
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| +* Sandboxed PPAPI (non-free) Flash plugin included in release
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| +* Code is tested by Chrome developers
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| +* Sandbox is always on
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| +* Single deb/rpm package
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| +* Profile is kept in `~/.config/google-chrome`
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| +* Cache is kept in `~/.cache/google-chrome`
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| +* New releases are tested before being sent to users
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| +* Google API keys are added by Google
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| +
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| +## Chromium
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| +* Blue logo
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| +* Does not ever [report crashes](linux_crash_dumping.md). Please include
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| + symbolized backtraces in bug reports.
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| +* User metrics are never reported.
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| +* Video and Audio codecs (may vary by distro)
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| + * Opus, Theora, Vorbis, VP8, VP9, and WAV by default
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| +* Supports NPAPI (unsandboxed) Flash plugins, including the one from Adobe in
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| + Chrome 34 and below
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| +* Code may be modified by distributions
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| +* Sandbox depends on the distribution (navigate to about:sandbox to confirm)
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| +* Packaging depends on the distribution
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| +* Profile is kept in `~/.config/chromium`
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| +* Cache is kept in `~/.cache/chromium`
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| +* New release testing depends on the distribution
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| + * Distributions are encouraged to track stable channel releases: see
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| + http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/, http://omahaproxy.pspot.com/
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| + and http://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/
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| +* Google API keys depend on the distribution
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| + * See http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys
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