Ungoogled chromium debian install#
Ungoogled chromium debian Patch#
Ungoogled chromium debian code#

The nuclear option is wiping Debian Stable and installing a Linux distribution that includes an up-to-date Chromium and is committed to keeping it that way. Or in this case the tactical nuclear option. That’s why Debian ships Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) instead of “regular” Firefox. In many ways, the idea of a never-changing Stable operating system and a constantly changing web browser doesn’t make sense.

Ungoogled chromium debian Patch#

I just need to get this system working with a Chromium web browser that HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED A SECURITY PATCH IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. There were error messages, but I really don’t care about them, so I didn’t write down what they said.

Ungoogled chromium debian install#

Debian’s Buster Backports repository has a newer version of flatpak, and I’m already set up for Backports, so I got the new flatpak package.Ĭhromium and Ungoogled Chromium still wouldn’t install from Flathub. The error message said my version of the flatpak package is too old. There is also Ungoogled Chromium, which I just learned exists. I have Flatpak enabled on my Debian Stable/Buster system, and I thought that might solve my problem. For my non-work browsing, I use Firefox, but when I’m snatching chocolates off the belt and putting them in boxes, it’s all Chromium. And I use a lot of Google services in my day job. Like it or not, Google services run better on Chrome. It’s the IE of the 2020s, and sometimes Firefox doesn’t quite cut it. Chromium, with its Googly origins, is not.īut many of us need Chromium/Chrome. It ships with Debian desktop ISOs, and it is a priority for Debian Developers. That could be bad news if the situation isn’t resolved before the “freeze” of Testing in anticipation of Debian 11/Bullseye.ĭebian has always done a great job with Firefox. It has gotten so bad that Chromium was removed from the Testing repository that is slated to become the next Debian release sometime next year. Others are trying to help, but Debian Stable is old, and Chromium needs some other, newer packages in order to run. I’m not even sure if this guy Michael is the maintainer of the package. Plus packaging of Chromium for Debian appears to be the responsibility of a one-man army. There are unresolved issues with dependencies. Whenever something’s not right with a Debian package, the place to turn is the bug reports. That’s more than six months at this point. And that version 83 hasn’t been patched or otherwise updated since July 12. While the rest of the web-browsing world was on version 87, Debian users are stuck with version 83.

Ungoogled chromium debian code#

I guess I knew that the Chromium web browser - the code from the open-source project that is still coded by Google people but isn’t fully Googled - was very out of date in the Debian Stable repository.īut I didn’t know how bad it was until I started digging. ( Update: A new Chromium browser moved into Debian Stable on Jan. It’s been a long time since I ran the “real” Google Chrome in Linux.