I would like to install Ungoogled Chromium, but I can only find ungoogled Chromium as an older version on Arch AUR and a "Ungoogled Chromium XDG" as a newer build. Can someone please explain me what's the difference between Ungoogled Chromium and Ungoogled Chromium XDG?
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
Couldn't you just install the flatpak? That might be way simpler
laskobar@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
I can give it a try, but I would prefer a more "native" approach. I don't like this flatpack/snap concept. But yes, it's an alternative.
CrypticCoffee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
If you're not keen on web DRM, might be worth considering Firefox. The less chromium users, the easier it is to stop companies implementing this.
laskobar@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Oh thats my standard browser. I need Chromium only for testing my webextensions and for Geforce Now. Since the last will not work with Firefox.
BlessedDog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
BlessedDog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Isnt XDG a base directory spec? I could be wrong.
AFAIK chromium is degoogled, what Google Chrome uses is a Googled version of chromium.
laskobar@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Yes, that's my understanding of xdg. But I have no idea what this means for Ungoogled Chromium package. Base Chromium itself isn't degoogled. It has most of the Google service's active and enabled. Only a minor subset, like bookmark sync is disabled (but technically available). With Ungoogled Chromium, most (not all) Google dependencies are patched and inactive. At least this was the case as I last checked it. Since I prefer a mostly Google free environment, I would like to use Ungoogled Chromium for testing and a patched Firefox browser for standard web things.
netchami@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y