Google Chrome for Linux and Mac

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Google Chrome for Linux and Mac

The Google team yesterday announced the release of Linux and Mac OS X versions of its Chrome browser

 

[burn]

http://blog.chromium.org/ if your too lazy to google it

 

[apogeeza]

Don't use it ...

In order to get more feedback from developers, we have early developer channel versions of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux, but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.

http://blog.chromium.org/2009/06/danger-mac-and-linux-builds-available.html

 

[Ou grote]

Cool
I checked yesterday if the Mac version was ready.

tx

 

[Smiley_lauf]

direct download links available here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

 

[froot]

Ubuntu 8.04

Surely they mean 9.04
I don't quite understand how it can only be used for Debian-based systems at the moment. Just release the source code and let users compile and install it.

I'm really not even going to try Chrome. Firefox is the best browser for Linux, nevermind Windows.

 

[d0b33]

So much choice now for ubuntu.. firefox 3.5 beta, opera 10 beta(which I love) and now chrome...

I'll test out chrome with GMail.

 

[ibanez]

Chrome - WM6

Wish they'd consider Chrome for WM6!!!!

 

[Smiley_lauf]

Chrome/chromium open is a flash while FF takes ages to open even on high end hardware; just my observation.

 

[dabbler]

I have been running it for a few days. No crashes (yet) and running the dev version. Seems solid as a rock, and REALLY responsive. Using Kubuntu 9.04 with KDE 4.2.4.

 

[ufis]

Surely they mean 9.04

I'm sure they mean 8.04, seeing as 8.04 is a LTS version and will still be around (supported) for 2 years (Desktop version).

I'm really not even going to try Chrome. Firefox is the best browser for Linux, nevermind Windows.

My (only semi educated and untested) understanding is as follows:
Chrome is more geared towards web applications and not general web browsing. To me this means that Gmail will run much better on Chrome, while a site like these forums will probably perform better on Firefox.

I will definitely give Chrome a try on my ubuntu 8.04.

 

[milomak]

running debian sid, it has not been able to open

www.iol.co.za
www.ewn.co.za
www.mg.co.za
mybroadband,co.za
www.cnn.com

surely useless then

 

[chubster]

So how is Firefox 3.5 beta coming along, what goodies are in store for us Firefox guys?

 

[d0b33]

So how is Firefox 3.5 beta coming along, what goodies are in store for us Firefox guys?

not much on my side, it should be faster but honestly I find opera faster.