# Chromium or Chrome?
**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574
**Category:** Rolling 2014.04
**Created:** [September 10, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574 "2014-09-10T19:02:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@notthenewsreader](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/notthenewsreader)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/1 "2014-09-10T19:02:04Z")
Hi guys,
I realise this is a subjective question and I know it will generate a lot of opinions but I have to ask it.
Backstory: I LOVE Netrunner Rolling, I mean LOOOOVE IT! and I am also (for my sins) a fan of Chrome but I also prefer opensouce software. I have used Chromium in the past and have been using Chrome recently. I just wanted to know if anyone has found a performance advantage with either of them? I know that Chrome is based on Chromium and to me Chromium just feels…better (maybe just because of the opensource heritage). Does Chromium run better than Chrome or vice/versa? is Flash better in Chrome or Chromium? and which is best overalll? any views guys?
Thanks
notthenewsreader
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### Author:  [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/2 "2014-09-10T19:15:00Z")
From a pure technical standpoint Chrome always is based on a slightly older version of chromium.
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### Author:  [@notthenewsreader](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/notthenewsreader)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/3 "2014-09-10T19:35:01Z")
Thanks but does it work better than Chrome. Also, I just realised I posted this thread in the wrong subheading. Can anyone tell me how to move it to Software (my fault for reading two posts at the same time).
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### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/4 "2014-09-10T22:30:09Z")
Well flash will always be better in chrome then chromium because pepperflash is the only one being updated with new features, etc., the standard flash player for Linux only receives security updates anymore. There are way’s to install pepperflash for use with firefox, chromium, etc., but this is not supported by Google or Adobe so it’s use at your own risk.
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### Author:  [@notthenewsreader](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/notthenewsreader)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/5 "2014-09-10T23:43:35Z")
ok. Thanks, so Flash aside, which is better?
> [@AJSlye](#):
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> Well flash will always be better in chrome then chromium because pepperflash is the only one being updated with new features, etc., the standard flash player for Linux only receives security updates anymore. There are way’s to install pepperflash for use with firefox, chromium, etc., but this is not supported by Google or Adobe so it’s use at your own risk.
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### Author:  [@leszek](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/leszek)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/6 "2014-09-11T07:12:24Z")
As for the flashplayer. The Adobe one uses NPAPI and newer Chromium and Chrome builds disabled support for it.
But who needs flash anyway. It needs to die.
For the main question what is better.
I don’t think its something that can be answered on a general level.
It needs to be answered on a personal level as technically they are both using the same web engine and almost the same features.
Personally for me chromium with its ability to turn off the spying of google is a plus side. I don’t need an integrated pdf viewer or flashplayer as long as I can choose not to synchronize all my passwords and form fields with google servers and can change to my favorite search engine without google knowing what I searched for.
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### Author:  [@notthenewsreader](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/notthenewsreader)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/chromium-or-chrome/2574/7 "2014-09-17T08:33:43Z")
> [@leszek](#):
>
> As for the flashplayer. The Adobe one uses NPAPI and newer Chromium and Chrome builds disabled support for it.
> But who needs flash anyway. It needs to die.
>
> For the main question what is better.
> I don’t think its something that can be answered on a general level.
> It needs to be answered on a personal level as technically they are both using the same web engine and almost the same features.
>
> Personally for me chromium with its ability to turn off the spying of google is a plus side. I don’t need an integrated pdf viewer or flashplayer as long as I can choose not to synchronize all my passwords and form fields with google servers and can change to my favorite search engine without google knowing what I searched for.
Thanks guys, I am using chrome-unstable now instead and it seems to be working brilliantly.