- Jan 24, 2011
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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.
Shuttleworth, the onetime space tourist, is spending his days on Earth to guide Canonical through a crossroads.
The overhauled user interface Canonical created for Ubuntu was greeted with a mixed reaction upon its release two months ago. But Canonical may not be done making radical changes to what is likely the world's most popular Linux desktop OS.
The South African Shuttleworth was visiting Canonical's Massachusetts office last week when he took an hour out of his day for a phone interview with Network World. Shuttleworth said "it's a real possibility" that Canonical may replace Firefox with Chrome as the default Web browser in Ubuntu.
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Mark Shuttleworth said:"It's a real possibility...We looked at it closely in the last cycle and the decision was to stick with Firefox in 11.10."
I've got a feeling that in the future,Chrome will be the new leader when it comes to browsers.As for the future default browser in Unbutu , I have no doubt that will be Chrome.Google is just too powerfull....