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[id='chromium-web-browser']
= Chromium and Google Chrome web browsers

Google Chrome is a popular web browser developed by Google. Chrome is built on top of the open source browser, Chromium.

Fedora Workstation, in its out of the box configuration, only includes free and open source software. Mozilla Firefox is the browser included by default. However, it easy to install either Google Chrome or Chromium if preferred.

[id='chromium']
== Chromium

Chromium is the upstream project for Google Chrome. Chromium is included in the Fedora Repositories.

Fedora's Chromium package does not support h264, mp3, or aac. It is built to support the *widevine* plugin (but does not include it).

[id='google-chrome']
== Google Chrome

Google Chrome is available in Fedora Workstation via a curated third-party repository. Once this repository is enabled, Chrome can be installed via Software or via the command line.
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00			`[id='chromium-web-browser']`
Fixed the Chromium/Chrome topic. 2018-01-01 18:05:24 +00:00			`= Chromium and Google Chrome web browsers`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
Updated copy - curated 3rd party repo 2021-01-05 09:46:09 +00:00			`Google Chrome is a popular web browser developed by Google. Chrome is built on top of the open source browser, Chromium.`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
several small edits & corrections 2021-01-05 11:12:47 +00:00			`Fedora Workstation, in its out of the box configuration, only includes free and open source software. Mozilla Firefox is the browser included by default. However, it easy to install either Google Chrome or Chromium if preferred.`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
Fixed the Chromium/Chrome topic. 2018-01-01 18:05:24 +00:00			`[id='chromium']`
			`== Chromium`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
Updated copy - curated 3rd party repo 2021-01-05 09:46:09 +00:00			`Chromium is the upstream project for Google Chrome. Chromium is included in the Fedora Repositories.`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
Updated copy - curated 3rd party repo 2021-01-05 09:46:09 +00:00			`Fedora's Chromium package does not support h264, mp3, or aac. It is built to support the widevine plugin (but does not include it).`
Modularized document version for installing chromium 2017-12-14 13:01:42 +00:00
Fixed the Chromium/Chrome topic. 2018-01-01 18:05:24 +00:00			`[id='google-chrome']`
			`== Google Chrome`

typos 2021-01-05 10:46:28 +00:00			`Google Chrome is available in Fedora Workstation via a curated third-party repository. Once this repository is enabled, Chrome can be installed via Software or via the command line.`