[article] Linux Mint introduces its own take on the Chromium web browser

1 message · started by Devi Garcia on Nov 03, 2020

[article] Linux Mint introduces its own take on the Chromium web browser

From Devi Garcia · Nov 03, 2020

Linux Mint is a very popular Linux desktop distribution. I use the latest version, Mint 20, on my production desktops. That's partly because, while it's based on Debian Linux and Ubuntu, it takes its own path. The best example of that is Mint's excellent homebrew desktop interface, Cinnamon. Now, Mint's programmers, led by lead developer, Clement "Clem" Lefebvre, have built their own take on Google's open-source Chromium web browser.

Some of you may be saying, "Wait, haven't they offered Chromium for years? Well, yes, and no. 

For years, Mint used Ubuntu's Chromium build. But then Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, moved from releasing Chromium as an APT-compatible DEB package to a Snap.


Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-mint-introduces-its-own-take-on-the-chromium-web-browser/

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