Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome?
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.
B
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