Richard Shaw wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Valent Turkovic > <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> In the latest release [1] of Community Fedora Remix (yes, we are >> looking for a new name [2]) some flack we got was due to having >> duplicate apps; two browsers and two email clients. >> >> How about switching to Chromium only in our next release? >> >> Are there some pitfalls that would prevents us from doing so? The >> biggest issue currently is that Chromium is still not in Fedora repos >> (read why [3]) but Tom releases great quality packages and all his >> releases were rock solid so far. >> >> Chrome/Chromium browser has more than 70 million users[3], much more >> than Fedora itself, for me that proves it is a good and stable >> browser. I have been using latest versions of Chromium for past few >> months, and I have great experience with it. I use both Firefox and >> Chromium, but it looks like most people would like to have just one. >> >> Please post your comments here or in our mailing list and cast your >> vote here: http://polldaddy.com/poll/3283626/ >> >> [1] http://fcoremix.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/lucky-13/ >> [2] >> [http://fcoremix.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/fedora-remix-name-brainstorm/ >> [3] >> [http://ostatic.com/blog/making-projects-easier-to-package-why-chromium- isnt-in-fedora >> [4] >> [http://www.tech24hours.com/2010/05/number-of-google-chrome-users- may-2010.html > > I pretty much use Chrome (from the google64 yum repo) on my desktops > exclusively. I like the minimal interface and fast loading (even on my > old EEEPC 701). There are only three reasons I switch back to firefox > occasionally. > > 1. There are some very rare instances where chrome fails to load a > page (or load it properly). > 2. The rare occasion I need to use a plugin (addin) that is only > available on firefox. > 3. Chrome seems to have trouble printing frequently. Some image > objects don't render correctly and the page is often "shrunk". This > may not be a systemic problem but just one I have observed. > > Richard Also, I find sometimes chrome sucks up all my memory and starts a swapping storm. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
