On 2 September 2011 03:45, Yohan Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 02 Sep 2011 09:27:09 András Csányi wrote: > >> Dear All, > >> > >> In the morning after I have synced my portage I saw there is a > >> google-chrome and chromium package. The version numbers are the same. > >> I watched the websites and basically they are the same. Google Chrome > >> is the Chrome browser and the Chromium is the open source project. I > >> would like to know what is the difference between them and why do we > >> have two package? > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any information! > >> > >> András > > > > This is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_chrome > > > > Chromium implements a similar feature set as Chrome, but lacks built-in > automatic updates, built-in PDF reader and Google branding, and most > noticeably has a blue-colored logo in place of the multicolored Google logo. > > > > > > -- > > > > - Yohan Pereira > > > > "A man can do as he will, but not will as he will" - Schopenhauer
Also, one is a binary, one is source that you need to compile. And Chromium is an EXTREMELY long compile....
