Ubuntu developer has decided to make a dramatic transition from deb to snap package to the widely used Chromium Browser. Apparently, this change has began since 19.10 but went viral after 20.04 LTS. Personally, I have tested the snap version and afaik, the app ran quite fast and responsive. Sadly, it randomly restarted itself without any error message. I simply concluded that chromium snap isn't stable yet to be used as daily browser. Happily, there is an unoficial PPA chromium-browser repository you can use safely to install chromium-browser deb version on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Here are the steps: 1. Add the repository sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xalt7x/chromium-deb-vaapi 2. Make an apt pinning Use your favorite text editor (I use vi), and create this file: sudo vi /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-xalt7x-chromium-deb-vaapi Put this following configuration: Package: * Pin: release o=LP-PPA-xalt7x-chromium-deb-vaapi Pin-Priority: 1337 Save the file, exit. ...
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