Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

[joe at actionline.com]

Or, can one install Chrome and have both Chrome and Chromium
browsers on the same system?  Or is it wise to uninstall
Chromium before installing Chrome?


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> On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed
> by default and it has seemed to work well for most things ...
> but I've been getting messages from Google that read: "This
> version of Chrome is no longer supported. Please upgrade to
> a supported browser."
>
> So is it safe and prudent to install the Chrome browser to
> replace chromium?  I seem to remember reading a while back that
> there were problems with running the Chrome browser on Linux.
>
> Please advise what to do.