It’s meant to be easier for both you and the developer, as the developer needs to only package one version. Snaps are Ubuntu’s (will work on most every distro, with a little effort) ‘new’ package management system. (It was a horrible article written while I was very ill – I need to go back and edit it.) I actually wrote an article about how to install the non-Snap version. Snap? Yes, this article is about installing the Snap version of Chromium. With that, I can say that Chromium is generally easy to work with, has the features I use, has great support, and has a ton of available extensions. After all, I’ve made it pretty clear that I’ll try any browser at least once! I’m often checking out the browser market and trying new browsers. However, it’s still very much a usable browser – and I’d know that sorta thing. Those bits are proprietary, and Google doesn’t want third parties using their resources, so those bits have been disabled for some time now. You’ll find things like syncing your passwords and history isn’t really possible with Chromium’s default configuration. This isn’t a difficult article to follow, but may have some information that was easy to miss along the way.Ĭhromium is also the source for many other browsers, from Brave to Opera, they’re all Chromium underneath – including the Edge browser from Microsoft. It’s akin to Chrome, but without all the proprietary bits and bobs. Today’s article will teach you how to install the Snap version of Chromium – the opensource browser from Google.

Snap install ffmpeg