chromium-browser-stable

Chromium web browser built from source with full media codec support.

Ubuntu 24.04 ships Chromium only as a snap package, which runs in a confined sandbox and cannot be modified. This build provides:

Built from source — fully auditable, compiled locally from the official Chromium 131.0.6778.264 source tree
Full H.264/AAC codec support — ffmpeg_branding = "ChromeOS" and proprietary_codecs = true enable all media formats
No snap confinement — native .deb package installs to /opt/chromium.org/chromium/ with standard filesystem permissions
Widevine DRM ready — DRM support compiled in (enable_widevine = true) for streaming services
GTK integration — native look on Xfce, GNOME, and MATE desktops without snap theme compatibility issues
Fully modifiable — Chromium branding (not Google Chrome) means no restrictions on modification or redistribution

Compared to Ubuntu’s Chromium snap

Feature

Ubuntu snap

NetLinux .deb

Package format

snap (confined)

Native .deb

H.264/AAC codecs

Via chromium-ffmpeg-extra snap

Built-in

Install location

/snap/chromium/

/opt/chromium.org/chromium/

Desktop integration

Limited by snap sandbox

Full native GTK

Build source

Canonical snap build

Source compiled locally

Modifiable

Read-only squashfs

Standard filesystem

Version	145.0.7632.116-2netlinux1
Architecture	amd64
Component	main
Download	chromium-browser-stable_145.0.7632.116-2netlinux1_amd64.deb
Upstream	github.com/netlinux-ai/chromium-browser
Build config	args.gn

Version

145.0.7632.116-2netlinux1

Architecture

amd64

Component

main

Download

Upstream

Build config

Compared to Ubuntu’s Chromium snap