Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth is a big fan of Google Chrome, and says the browser could replace the standard Firefox in future versions of Ubuntu Linux. <..>
<..>In fact, Shuttleworth says, "We looked at it closely in the last cycle and the decision was to stick with Firefox in 11.10."
11.10 is the next version of Ubuntu, to be released in October as part of Canonical's twice-a-year release cycle. Chrome probably won't replace Firefox in 12.04, due out in April 2012, either, because that will be the long-term support version, making it an unlikely candidate for major changes.
"That probably keeps us on Firefox for another year, at least, and we'll see from there," Shuttleworth said.
If that sounds like a wishy-washy answer, Shuttleworth also made it clear that he is a believer in the future of Chrome on Linux.
The work Google is doing with the Chrome operating system, which runs the Chrome browser on top of a generic version of Linux, "is having a hugely positive impact on the performance of Chrome on Linux," Shuttleworth said.
Então ... é para discussão (assim como todos os outros pacotes padrão) com cada lançamento que não é LTS. Desta vez, o Firefox vence. Talvez o próximo lançamento seja o Chromium.
Why Ubuntu not shipped with more than 1 web browser.
O Ubuntu vem com pelo menos 10 navegadores: você pode encontrá-los no Ubuntu Software Center. Há, é claro, apenas um navegador padrão e, como tal, apenas 1 é instalado diretamente. No nosso caso, o Firefox, mas você está a segundos de instalar outro.