Chromium in 'portable' format.....based around AlienBob's Slackware 15 packages

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Chromium in 'portable' format.....based around AlienBob's Slackware 15 packages

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Afternoon, gang.

Following a PM from peebee, assuring me that he had no problems with me doing this build, here is a Chromium package in my usual 'portable' format.

These are based around AlienBob's current Slackware 15.0 builds.....which appear to have been compiled/put together in a pretty relaxed build environment. As Peter noted, yes; I DO try to make all these browser packages work across as many Pups/Dogs/whatever, as far back as is possible.......most of the credit for which has to go to battleshooter, for her sterling work in helping out with the contents of the included 'libs' directory some years back. Since she's currently in the middle of a fairly long graduate course as a mature student, she simply doesn't have time for Puppy these days.......but she's sorely missed.

PLEASE NOTE:- I will not be religiously updating this with every single point release, since AlienBob himself isn't doing so.....and that's my source for these, hence the acknowledgement at launch. I'll periodically upgrade this, as & when.....but it won't usually be that far behind.

Currently, we are @ v131.0.6778.139....."level-pegging" with Google Chrome.

Widevine is included, plus it looks as though libffmpeg is "built-in" ( a lá Chrome itself) so NetFlix/Spotify/Hulu/Amazon Prime, etc., should be usable OOTB.

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As always:-

  • Download

  • Unzip

  • Move the extracted 'portable' directory anywhere you like.....preferably, outside the save is best

  • Click to enter

  • Click 'LAUNCH' to fire it up

The usual MenuAdd/Remove scripts are included, for those that require a Menu entry. Please make sure to read the 'MenuReadMe' first before moving the 'portable' to a different location.

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You'll always be able to find the most recent offering here:-

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/jyfv9f ... Chromium64

Hope these are useful for some of you! Enjoy.

Mike. ;)

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Re: Chromium in 'portable' format.....based around AlienBob's Slackware 15 packages

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New version available from the link in post #1, above. We're now at v132.0.6834.83. Forgot to mention in post #1 that WideVine is included, borrowed from Chrome, so NetFlix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Spotify et al, are immediately usable.

Usage instructions as above. Enjoy.

Mike. ;)

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