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Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome?

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On Thu, 12 May 2016, Curt wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for the info.  I hadn't gotten far enough in my research to
realize this.  So, Chromium is outed!

> 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.

Thanks.

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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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