<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.6"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> From: Liam Proven <<A HREF="mailto:Liam%20Proven%20%3clproven@gmail.com%3e">lproven@gmail.com</A>> To: Charles Irons <<A HREF="mailto:Charles%20Irons%20%3cirons.charles@gmail.com%3e">irons.charles@gmail.com</A>>, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<A HREF="mailto:%22Ubuntu%20user%20technical%20support,%20not%20for%20general%20discussions%22%20%3cubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com%3e">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Subject: Re: Latest Chrome doesn't run Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:22:13 +0100 <PRE> On 27 October 2015 at 14:45, Chas IRONS <<A HREF="mailto:ironscf@telkomsa.net">ironscf@telkomsa.net</A>> wrote: > I don't understand the difference between Chrome and Chromium either Chrome is a proprietary Google product. No source code is available. It is freeware but not FOSS. It is built on a base of FOSS code though. A version without all Chrome's features is built and provided as FOSS. This is called Chromium. > but it > seems only Chromium is included in Ubuntu releases. Chromium is FOSS and can thus be included in Ubuntu. Chrome is closed source and so cannot. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> *************** Thank you Liam Proven for clarity on the difference. I am not able to learn all that Ubuntu and Linux offer, but they meet all my desktop needs. ...Ubuntu user technical support fills the gaps well. Regards Chas </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>