Chromium browser vs Google Chrome: security on Lubuntu

[Iberê Fernandes]

hummm, tricky. thank for your prompt reply!

however, for a general user like myself, i don't quite understand why i
should point my updates to a -dev ppa instead of the stable ppa. in fact, i
wish i could use the universe version with updated, tested, secure stuff.

i'm the kind of user that prefer stock, stable, tested, secure software.
Lubuntu as it comes is almost perfect to me. the only ppas i have added to
my lubuntu are Alex Shkop stable just because of the Lubuntu Docs
workaround. (yes, there's just one more strange
ppa: webupd8team/java/ubuntu, but that's because in my country lots of
things do not work without oracle Java).

so, again, is the dev ppa delivering a stable, tested and secure software?
i'm confused because i thought dev stands for development...

thank you again,
iberê


2013/5/23 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>

> Hi,
>
> I use the -dev ppa from Alex Shkop[1] and it is  27.0.1453.6 Ubuntu However,
> there is evidently an even more recent version available. I saw a bug
> raised asking why ubuntu repo's are still on v25 when there is v27 out[2].
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev
> 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1183086
>
> On 23 May 2013 17:42, Iberê Fernandes <ibere.fernandes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> Chromium on Lubuntu: are we using an outdated and insecure version of
>> Chromium browser?
>>
>> I'm running Lubuntu 12.04 and as per instructions from Lubuntu Docs, i
>> guess we're supposed to be updated.
>>
>> As we know Google Chrome has released version 27 while Chromium from Alex
>> Shkop is at version 25.0.1364.172 and from Ubuntu universe is at
>> 25.0.1364.160.
>>
>> Google Chrome itself says to check Chromium security notices:
>> "*Security fixes and rewards:*
>> **
>> **
>> *Please see the Chromium security page<http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security>for more information."
>> *
>>
>> So, is our stable Chromium insecure/not getting those security updates?
>>
>> Tks in advance for any clarification!
>> Iberê
>>
>>
>> resources:
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Workarounds#Chromium_not_Updating
>>
>>
>> http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/stable-channel-release.html
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/chromium-browser
>>
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>>
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abs e bons estudos!
iberê
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