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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:51:02 -0400
Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm not very fan of a change unless we have a strong consensus for another browser. But, this is my opinion :
> - We should only consider Chromium or Firefox, because they have a strong upstream and are well maintained. Browser is a very important part of a system, and we really don't have time to do maintenance on it. Adopting Midori for example, means we have to do the maintenance on Ubuntu (triage bugs, testing, maybe some packaging ...).
> - Benchmark are needed, because just saying it's light, doesn't mean it's always light. Also, the memory usage for Chromium is special, because it shares memory (there is an article from a dev of Chromium somewhere in the Web which explain it).
> - Finally, it needs to be light on old hardware. Remember, it's the main target for Lubuntu. So far, Chromium seems better on this type of machine.
> 
> So far, I don't see advantages to switch to Firefox. Of course, if the benchmarks show a real difference, I may reconsider my opinion.
> 

Another thing to consider, is this vacancy at Canonical for a WebKit/Chromium Software Engineer.

https://tbe.taleo.net/NA3/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CANONICAL&cws=1&rid=376

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Yorvyk