Clearing the air around Ubuntu and Chrome
Reports of the popular Linux distro ditching Firefox get clarified
Reports that Ubuntu would ditch longtime default browser Firefox for Google's Chrome browser were put to rest with a resounding "sort of."
A recent blog post by Ubuntu Community team member Jorge Castro explained that while Canonical has considered a Firefox alternative, it isn't Google Chrome, but rather Chromium, the open source version of the Chrome browser.
Castro was also quick to dispel any rumors that the potential browser switch was for the desktop build of Ubuntu. If Chromium is chosen, it will only affect the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10.
Again, this is all potential. The distribution models for Chromium and Ubuntu are largely dissimilar, so coordinating a chromium release so that it can be packaged in Ubuntu Netbook Edition is its own challenge. The Mozilla Foundation is also prepping a faster, sleeker version of Firefox for a fall release as well, so at this point its anyone's game.
More on the story as it develops.
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Well, I don’t think much
Amman
http://www.inin.com/Product...ions/Pages/Contact-Center.aspx
Firefox Alternative
As for things are now, the only thing that keeps me from switching to a WebKit based browser (rekonq is my choice since I use KDE SC 4) are the Firefox extensions. Mainly at work, with Nagios extension and all the extensions I need at work.
They'll be hard to match, on a quantity matter, but as soon as rekonq get extensions included (I hope they include at least Xmarks and something like Read it Later) I'm going to switch.
All in all, I hope that Firefox will triumph on all browser for what it means in terms of visibility for Free Software and for itself too (Mozilla et al) but I still think I'm going to switch.
Peace
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cga
Competition
Change is good but makes no difference
Meh.
Well, it better shouldn't