Ubuntu 17.10 comes with Firefox as the default browser.
Attempting to
sudo apt-get install chromium
informs that it is not found in the repository.
Question: How do I install Chromium (so I can use my Google login to synchronize bookmarks and extensions)?
Chromium can be installed via Ubuntu Software
Either click on the icon on the left or click on Activities in the menu bar, then search for it by name.
Click on the Install button.
Once it is installed, click on the Launch button to start it.
It is also available by clicking on the lower-left Show Applications icon and run Chromium from the screenful of icons that comes up.
From there on, it is the same as Ubuntu from 14.04 on. i.e., while it is running you can right-click on the icon on the left as it runs in order to Add to Favorites so it stays there.
Sign In normally and verify your 2FA with the Google Authenticator or whichever method you use.
The first thing to do is visit Settings and verify your Sync settings.
In this first test case, the bookmarks were showing before completion of the Settings review. (Most defaults were fine except towards the end where it still defaults to continuing to run background tasks even after exiting Chromium)
Extensions came later.
Voila, Chromium is now installed just like on previous versions.
Note: Ubuntu Desktop 17.10 is not a LTS (Long Term Service) version. LTS means that support is expected to last for five years. 17.10 promises 9 months of support. In other words, it is not yet recommended for production environments.
Plus, people are still finding basic user interface bugs in it:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/971402/why-cant-i-copy-text-from-terminal-after-17-10-upgrade?
The latest LTS version is Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.3, which can be downloaded here:
Chromium can be installed by:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Note that Copy/Paste does not work the same with 17.10:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/971402/why-cant-i-copy-text-from-terminal-after-17-10-upgrade
