On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:17:01 +0200 Pasi Lallinaho <o...@knome.fi> wrote:
> Charlie Kravetz wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:04:23 -0600 > > Jim Campbell <jwcampb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Thanks for your input, and for bringing some of these issues to our > >> attention. I'd like to try and summarize some of the issues and concerns > >> that people have. > >> > >> > >> What do people think? Given all of this, I'm not so sure that Chromium is > >> the best fit for Xubuntu, at least for now. The translation issue is > >> important to our users, and the codec issue is important to me. The > >> privacy > >> issue seems important to some, but I tend to think that most anything we do > >> on the internet can be tracked somehow (unless we use the extreme step of > >> using Tor or something). The smaller memory footprint provided by Chromium > >> would be a "nice to have" feature, but we've survived using Firefox for a > >> good while - using it for a LTS would probably be the best thing to do. > >> > >> Jim > >> > > > > Thanks for the detailed comparison. At least it is an option. > > > > I would have to vote for Firefox for the LTS, > Exactly my thoughts. This was my knee jerk reaction, but I've become > convinced it's the right way after following this discussion. > > give Chromium a chance to > > stabilize. Also, perhaps looking at Midori vs Chromium for Lucid+1 > > again. Midori is now maintained by the Xfce developers, isn't it? > > > Yes, Midori is maintained by the Xfce team. > > Again, I would *love* to see Midori on Xubuntu, once its problems are > solved. > > Chromium bothers me, for for reasons I really can't put a finger on > > right now. Perhaps it is what I see/hear about google and privacy. Any > > user can switch the default search easy enough in Firefox. > > > > Just one man's opinion... > > > > > +1 > +1 -- xubuntu-devel mailing list xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
