Google Chrome Vs Chromium
Google Chrome Vs. Chromium Chrome is built on Chromium In 2008 Google introduced the Chromium Project. The Chromium Project is an open-source project that is behind both Google’s Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS. Chromium browser is the immediate product of the project. Google then takes this pure browser and adds onto it its services and other products which are not available under open source licenses. As a result, most Linux distros don’t ship Google Chrome in the spirit of “open source(ness)” but another which conforms completely to the GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE), such as Chromium or Firefox....