Installing Chrome and Brave Browser questions?

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asen23•2/3/25, 7:12 AM

its not someone lmao, he created bazzite
you can install rpm but its discouraged, the reason are your update will apply slower and you introduce a chance for more conflict
flatpak are pretty safe because the manifest are hosted publicly
all chromium browser are kinda crippled in flatpak but will function normally (i think) its mostly the sandboxing feature that is crippled afaik, you can use layered browser in distrobox as an alternative

asen23•2/3/25, 7:15 AM

btw the correct command should be

rpm-ostree uninstall chrome

rpm-ostree uninstall chrome

Aasen23 1. its not someone lmao, he created bazzite 2. you can install rpm but its disco...

Blobby T•2/3/25, 7:15 AM

I’m new to Linux, so I’m unfamiliar with distrobox and other concepts. I recall that when I had Fedora, I could install the official packages using the .rpm package, but not on Bazzite?

memo•2/3/25, 7:15 AM

installed inside a distrobox is maybe not so bad too

BBlobby T I’m new to Linux, so I’m unfamiliar with distrobox and other concepts. I recall ...

asen23•2/3/25, 7:16 AM

if you are new i suggest you stick to flatpak if possible

asen23•2/3/25, 7:16 AM

unless you have some special requirement regarding privacy/security you can look at secureblue

Aasen23 if you are new i suggest you stick to flatpak if possible

Blobby T•2/3/25, 7:17 AM

My primary concern is that the Flatpak version is not officially released by Google.

Additionally, Brave claims that their Flatpak is official but is currently broken and is advised against using it.

If I were to install these packages using rpm-ostree, will it cause any damage to my system?

memo•2/3/25, 7:18 AM

the main downside is probably no browser update without reboot (if you use rpm-ostree)

Mmemo the main downside is probably no browser update without reboot (if you use rpm-o...

Blobby T•2/3/25, 7:19 AM

I’m fine with that. Thanks everyone for the help!

memo•2/3/25, 7:20 AM

I've been using the flatpak and the only problem I notice with the chromium browsers is "use QT" in the appearance options doesn't work

Mmemo I've been using the flatpak and the only problem I notice with the chromium brow...

Blobby T•2/3/25, 7:23 AM

Idk, but it bothers me that the flatpak version of Google Chrome isn’t maintained by Google itself. I prefer getting the software from the company, so I know it’s verified.

And, Brave is advising against using their flatpak version because it’s broken. So, I’ll follow their advice.

dreamyuki•2/3/25, 7:40 AM

Brave flatpak is fine for 80-90% of users
Its not really broken to the point it can't be use

dreamyuki•2/3/25, 7:40 AM

The only missing feature is like if you wanna use keepassxc with browser

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