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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 for Firefox

On 2013-06-03 22:04, Charlie Ford wrote:
> Firefox all the way - Chromium barely runs on older hardware, doesn't
> run on powerpc, and is a huge memory hog. Folks that are wanting
> Chromium are more than capable of installing it; it's in the repos.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         And for the 'old machines'? Last thread we were talking about
>         was making lubuntu-core more easily available. On these low RAM
>         machines, which as Chad has stated are limited to v25 Chomium
>         unless he can get v27 to build in 32 bit, I again fail to see
>         the advantage? F/fox as with slimmed down memory usage is good
>         to go now. The clock is ticking and decisions have to be taken
>         fairly soon. Maybe this is a subject best discussed for 14.04 LTS.
> 
>         Regards,
> 
>         Phill.
> 
> 
> 
>     I agree with Phill. Why every decision must take forever? it is very
>     simple and IMHO, it needs few days to decide not many releases :(
>     We have started the Firefox vs Chromium discussion long time ago.
>     Now, Firefox has proved itself to be much better than Chromium in
>     many cases. Firefox is not as heavy as it used to be and performance
>     wise, better, at least in my case and others confirmed too.
> 
>     Can we just take a vote? 
>     Just a vote, without going endless debate?
> 
>     I strongly suggest, to start, yet again, a new thread with one
>     statement: Please vote or your best server for 13.10 (Firefox or
>     Chromium).
> 
>     As easy as this.
> 
>     IMHO, endless debate is useless, with all due respect to everyone :)
> 
>     Also, I'm one of those who is LOST, totally lost. How many threads
>     so far about this? I lost counting :/
> 
>     Thanks! 
> 
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