Chromium browser vs Google Chrome: security on Lubuntu

[Phill Whiteside]

I'm following the bug to see what is decided about.

Regards,

Phill.

On 23 May 2013 19:16, Iberê Fernandes <ibere.fernandes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 Chromium on Lubuntu: are we using an outdated and insecure version of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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