Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

[Andre Rodovalho]

Is it possible to make a test, releasing 13.10 with FF?
If everything goes good, then FF to 14.04. If does not, back to Chromium on
14.04...

It might be a good (and last) change for testing, cause 14.04 is gonna be
the LTS, right?


2013/6/3 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>

> Hi Steve,
>
> yeah, the feature freeze for what ships in lubuntu is not indeffinate...
> as for grabbing chromium stuff?
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-google-chrome It
> appears about as hard as switching from Ffox to Chromium that we did a few
> years ago. An upgrade should never remove personal data, just that we would
> need ensure that people doing an upgrade know where to get the information
> (and, of course, us test it works!).
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 3 June 2013 21:57, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 03/06/13 21:00, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com
>>> <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> And for the 'old machines'? Last thread we were talking about was
>>> making lubuntu-core more easily available. On these low RAM machines,
>>> which as Chad has stated are limited to v25 Chomium unless he can get
>>> v27 to build in 32 bit, I again fail to see the advantage? F/fox as
>>> with slimmed down memory usage is good to go now. The clock is
>>> ticking and decisions have to be taken fairly soon. Maybe this is a
>>> subject best discussed for 14.04 LTS.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree with Phill. Why every decision must take forever? it is very
>>>  simple and IMHO, it needs few days to decide not many releases :( We
>>> have started the Firefox vs Chromium discussion long time ago. Now,
>>> Firefox has proved itself to be much better than Chromium in many
>>> cases. Firefox is not as heavy as it used to be and performance wise,
>>> better, at least in my case and others confirmed too.
>>>
>>> Can we just take a vote? Just a vote, without going endless debate?
>>>
>>> I strongly suggest, to start, yet again, a new thread with one
>>> statement: Please vote or your best server for 13.10 (Firefox or
>>> Chromium).
>>>
>>> As easy as this.
>>>
>>> IMHO, endless debate is useless, with all due respect to everyone :)
>>>
>>> Also, I'm one of those who is LOST, totally lost. How many threads so
>>>  far about this? I lost counting :/
>>>
>>>  What's the rush? The question was asked just over three days ago. It is
>> a question that requires serious debate.
>> I'd like to raise another question or two. If we go to Firefox, what will
>> happen when you upgrade to Saucy. Will Firefox replace Chromium? Will they
>> be there side-by-side? Will there be an easy way to migrate bookmarks etc?
>>
>>
>>
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