LinuxSnap for Wednesday 8/14/13
Linux News Headlines
Ubuntu 14.04 to Switch to Chromium
It was announced earlier in the week that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will ship with Chromium as the default web browser, replacing Firefox. The upcoming Ubuntu 13.10 will still use Firefox as the default browser. This decision was detailed on the Ubuntu mailing list:
First, to get the formalities out the way, Firefox remains the default for 13.10.
Second, I’d like to talk about the Chromium issues raised. It was rightly pointed out that there have been issues keeping up with Chromium changes. The big issue was with Web Apps integration and some changing APIs. Since we’ve introduced Web Apps changes like this have always caused us some grief. Web Apps have always been an interim step until we were able to get a more self contained web apps container. That work is planned for 13.10 and progressing well[1]. This should be done for 13.10 and very much refined for 14.04.
Lastly, I do want to consider Chromium by default for 14.04 once the above is no longer an issue. I sincerely believe Chromium is the better experience for general users and should be strongly considered for our next LTS. Our next vUDS is August 27th-29th. I don’t feel a need to have another session on it, this mailing list should suffice. To that end, feel free to continue this discussion and raise more thoughts.
Read the full announcement here.
Articles of Interest
Red Hat CEO: Go Ahead, Copy Our Software – readwrite.com
Why Ubuntu’s creator still invests his fortune in an unprofitable company – arstechnica.com
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