Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome?

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Subject	Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome?
Date	Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:02 +0200
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On 2016-05-12, Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that Google Chrome support has ceased for Wheezy (and others), and
> since I have no plans to upgrade the OS for another 2 years when it
> reaches LTS EOL, would Chromium make a decent alternative? Is it stable
> enough for regular use?  I've never used it and opinions vary.
> Everything I've read says Chromium is "cutting edge." Are we talking
> "Unstable-like" to "Testing?" Or Fedora to Red Hat?

Chromium would not be a good choice in Wheezy LTS as its life
has ended in Wheezy.

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1622

You should probably run 'check-support-status' to obtain a list of
packages on your machine that are no longer supported security-wise.

> Any alternatives instead of Chromium?  I mainly desire
> stability, security and longevity.  Already have the most recent
> version of Firefox installed, but prefer it only as a back up.
> Iceweasel has been purged.
>
> Or, maybe, I'll just continue to use the old, unsupported Chrome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> B
>
>


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Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 04:00 +0200
  Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Rodary Jacques <rodaryj@free.fr> - 2016-05-12 05:10 +0200
    Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 18:00 +0200
  Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-05-12 09:20 +0200
    Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2016-05-12 10:00 +0200
    Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 10:00 +0200
      Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-05-12 10:50 +0200
      Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome? Alex Mestiashvili <mailatgoogl@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 11:20 +0200
    Re: Chromium.  Good Alternative for Chrome? Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 17:40 +0200
  Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-05-12 11:10 +0200
  Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome? "heqamilus@runbox.com" <heqamilus@runbox.com> - 2016-05-12 21:10 +0200
    Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome? Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 22:00 +0200

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