---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Damian Ivanov <damianator...@gmail.com> Date: 2012/9/4 Subject: Re: chromium no longer maintained To: Gareth McCumskey <gare...@nexustech.co.za>
>From wikipedeia: scroll down to history and development, " Ubuntu is a fork<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development)> of the Debian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian> project's codebase<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codebase> . " 2012/9/4 Gareth McCumskey <gare...@nexustech.co.za> > From Wikipedia: > > "Ubuntu ([image: play] > /<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English> > ʊ > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key>ˈ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key> > b > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key>ʊ<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key> > n > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key>t<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key> > uː > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key>/<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English> > > *u-bun-too*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key> > )[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#cite_note-7> > [9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#cite_note-about_ubuntu-8> > is > a computer operating system<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system> > * based* on the Debian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian> Linux > distribution <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution> and > distributed....." > > Emphasis my own > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Damian Ivanov <damianator...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> Bad said, Ubuntu is a fork of Debian, it gets forked once in a while >> after a release to update packages, see wikipedia. >> >> Anyway I think chromium is still the most recent, from when 12.04 was >> released, so may somebody will just need to pick it up for 12.10 I >> guess >> >> 2012/9/4 David Klasinc <bigwh...@lubica.net>: >> > On 09/04/2012 02:10 PM, Nicolas Michel wrote: >> >> >> >> In conclusion : Google Chrome is mostly Chromium but not entirely. And >> >> one is not the fork of the other because in a fork, the codebase tends >> >> to differienciate along the time which is not the case here. One is >> >> based on the other, plus some more features. >> > >> > >> > Apart from the licenses, Chrome is to Chromium what Ubuntu is to Debian. >> > >> > But is this discussion really necessary here on this list? Unmaintained >> > package is chromium-browser. That's all that matters. >> > >> > :) >> > >> > Regards, >> > David >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >> > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >> > > > > -- > Gareth McCumskey > http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com > twitter: @garethmcc > Mobile: 071 397 8758 >
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