Anyone using Chromium? Is it stable?

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I'm thinking of using an additional browser other than Firefox and not too keen on Chrome but Chromium may just be it. Those of you that use it, is it stable for every day browsing? What sort of problems have you faced with it?
 
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It's basically just like chrome with a little less Google. It's just as stable as chrome because chrome is built on top of Chromium. I use Chrome for my work profile and Chromium for personal stuff. There's basically no difference.
 
Basically it doesn't run Chrome proprietary plugins which is perfect for me.

If you're used to watch DRM media, this can be problem because the Widevine plugin is missing because it's part of Chrome and you can't watch Netflix or others out of the box.
 
Does Chromium auto update? Also, when I first downloaded it, it had this user agent switcher tool but then I deleted Chromium to check something and now when I download it again that tool is missing... WTF?

Edit: @demoownz @Yee do you guys know where I can find the original user agent switcher that comes with Chromium? It was there the first time I downloaded it but after deleting and re-downloading it's gone. I know it exists because I've seen it just now and I remember seeing it when I was thinking of trying Chromium a couple of months ago. I searched the Internet but can't find anything about it. :mad:
 
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Not sure what you mean with auto update but Chromium has no plugins unless you add the plugin.

You are basically on your own.

If you need to change the user-agent then you can use a flag:
/path/to/chromium/ --user-agent="some useragent"
 
Yee said:
Not sure what you mean with auto update but Chromium has no plugins unless you add the plugin.

You are basically on your own.

If you need to change the user-agent then you can use a flag:
/path/to/chromium/ --user-agent="some useragent"
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OMG I can't believe this, I can't replicate the issue now. I've tried running it on a Virtual Machine and it still doesn't show, I wish I had taken a screenshot but who would have known that it would disappear. There was literally an icon right next to the profile icon where you could click on this hat like looking thing if I am not mistaken and you'd get a drop down menu with a selection of different user agents. The thing is that this was the best user agent switcher you could get and that's why I want to find it again. The user agent switchers in the Chrome store are crap.
 
I use Slimjet which is a fork. Best thing ever, trust me on this.
 
Okay so I was a bit wrong, it wasn't a hat it was actually a mask but I've found it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher/lkmofgnohbedopheiphabfhfjgkhfcgf

It was there by default when I first launched the downloaded Chromium which is very weird as it never appeared again. I thought it was good because the layout was nice and clean but it's actually shit as it's outdated and the real user agent gets leaked anyway. You can check you user agent leaks here: https://useragent.openadmintools.com/en/
 
I've been using Chromium for a long time. Seems as stable as anything, though I'd rather be using something with a greater emphasis on privacy, for now I stick with what I know.

Only real complaint is that, like Chrome, it leaks memory all over the place. If I don't terminate and reload my 50k or so open tabs every couple of days, it'll drain until my computer freezes.
 
LOL I'm ditching this whole Chrome/Chromium thing. The user agent switchers seem to leak the user agent on Chrome browsers. I've found a Firefox user agent switcher that isn't only up to date unlike with the Chrome extensions but it also doesn't leak the user agent with some of the other possible tests.

You can check if your user agent is being leaked by going here: https://useragent.openadmintools.com/en/

The user agent gets checked through 3 different ways; Http User-Agent, navigator.userAgent:, navigator.appVersion:.

Chrome extensions seem to leak the user agent on the last two checks.
 
What makes this browser different from others ? let me guess no automated update ?

mhtro said:
What? https://www.slimjet.com/ , its a Chromium fork. I've been using it for ever now.
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Yeah, you can build a plugin that does the job it's not that hard if you programmed in JS before
ShadeDream said:
LOL I'm ditching this whole Chrome/Chromium thing. The user agent switchers seem to leak the user agent on Chrome browsers. I've found a Firefox user agent switcher that isn't only up to date unlike with the Chrome extensions but it also doesn't leak the user agent with some of the other possible tests.

You can check if your user agent is being leaked by going here: https://useragent.openadmintools.com/en/

The user agent gets checked through 3 different ways; Http User-Agent, navigator.userAgent:, navigator.appVersion:.

Chrome extensions seem to leak the user agent on the last two checks.
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I use it from time to time, its stable, just the people behind it removed all the google crap, but you can still use chrome extentions
 
So I just found out that user agent spoofing is a useless bunch of bullshit. The Firefox add-ons wouldn't leak the real user agent from the Http User-Agent, navigator.userAgent:, navigator.appVersion: checks but I found out that YouTube wouldn't work when Firefox was spoofed to be a Chrome browser. I then tried working out why this was by installing more plugins, this didn't help and then I tried checking https://www.deviceinfo.me/ where I found out that there is something called True Browser Core essentially making spoofing your browser completely useless as apparently you can't spoof the True Browser Core. The only thing you can do is to disable JavaScript which seems to actually hide a lot of information about your device but then the likes of YouTube will completely block you out from using their site. I have also noticed when dabbling about with disabling JavaScript that what Google does when you spoof your browser is they treat it almost like you've disabled JavaScript.
 
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