Chrome and Chromium: share profile and cache
I'm considering migrating from Chrome to Chromium due to the licencing and graphics acceleration support.
To avoid setup and save disk space, I am thinking of symlinking:
~/.config/google-chrometo~/.config/chromium
~/.cache/google-chrometo~/.cache/chromium
Assuming I only want to run one instance of a web browser at a time, I'm guessing that the locking of ~/.config/{browser}/SingletonLock should work fine.
I've searched around and not seen this approach before. I believe that both browsers share a huge percentage of code base, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Apart from "backup, try it and see", would there be any gotchas to look out for or reasons not to do this?
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
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I'm considering migrating from Chrome to Chromium due to the licencing and graphics acceleration support.
To avoid setup and save disk space, I am thinking of symlinking:
~/.config/google-chrometo~/.config/chromium
~/.cache/google-chrometo~/.cache/chromium
Assuming I only want to run one instance of a web browser at a time, I'm guessing that the locking of ~/.config/{browser}/SingletonLock should work fine.
I've searched around and not seen this approach before. I believe that both browsers share a huge percentage of code base, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Apart from "backup, try it and see", would there be any gotchas to look out for or reasons not to do this?
google-chrome browser chromium
asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
Tom HaleTom Hale
834821
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I'm considering migrating from Chrome to Chromium due to the licencing and graphics acceleration support.
To avoid setup and save disk space, I am thinking of symlinking:
~/.config/google-chrometo~/.config/chromium
~/.cache/google-chrometo~/.cache/chromium
Assuming I only want to run one instance of a web browser at a time, I'm guessing that the locking of ~/.config/{browser}/SingletonLock should work fine.
I've searched around and not seen this approach before. I believe that both browsers share a huge percentage of code base, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Apart from "backup, try it and see", would there be any gotchas to look out for or reasons not to do this?
google-chrome browser chromium
asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
Tom HaleTom Hale
834821
I'm considering migrating from Chrome to Chromium due to the licencing and graphics acceleration support.
To avoid setup and save disk space, I am thinking of symlinking:
~/.config/google-chrometo~/.config/chromium
~/.cache/google-chrometo~/.cache/chromium
Assuming I only want to run one instance of a web browser at a time, I'm guessing that the locking of ~/.config/{browser}/SingletonLock should work fine.
I've searched around and not seen this approach before. I believe that both browsers share a huge percentage of code base, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Apart from "backup, try it and see", would there be any gotchas to look out for or reasons not to do this?
google-chrome browser chromium
google-chrome browser chromium
asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
Tom HaleTom Hale
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
Tom HaleTom Hale
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
Tom HaleTom Hale
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 6:34
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I tried sharing the profiles via symlink and got this message:
Versioning is one blocker for sharing one profile between the two browsers.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
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I tried sharing the profiles via symlink and got this message:
Versioning is one blocker for sharing one profile between the two browsers.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
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I tried sharing the profiles via symlink and got this message:
Versioning is one blocker for sharing one profile between the two browsers.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
Tom HaleTom Hale
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I tried sharing the profiles via symlink and got this message:
Versioning is one blocker for sharing one profile between the two browsers.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
Tom HaleTom Hale
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I tried sharing the profiles via symlink and got this message:
Versioning is one blocker for sharing one profile between the two browsers.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
Tom HaleTom Hale
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 23:51
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