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- rfcompte, on 09/03/2008, -1/+120"The Linux port is still in early stages of development and is not yet fully functional. " Well at least it won't be needing Wine
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -7/+96I was bummed when I went to try Chrome and it wasn't even available for Linux!
- AndrewLeon, on 09/03/2008, -2/+53awww... look at the infant browser.... It' so adorable and everyone want's it to do well!!!
Just give it time. Firefox did have a few years head start... - missingnoh4x, on 09/03/2008, -6/+54Buried as inaccurate. This is not the Chrome source code or a Linux port. Chromium is merely the engine behind Chrome, not the whole browser. I can't seen to find the rest of the source anywhere. The FAQ page says that a Linux port of any Chromium-based browser is probably months away, and the build instructions for Linux explain that building Chromium won't do anything more than let you run some tests from the command line.
So yeah, we Linux users still have to wait a while for Chrome. - Gavagai80, on 09/03/2008, -3/+51These words are so deeply hurtful to the linux community, coming as they do from someone with the grammar of a below average orangutan. The scars will never heal.
- saleem, on 09/03/2008, -3/+44Surprised you're still at +1 digg. Let's get you started on your descent to Hell (and I'm a Vista user, at that)
- lca473, on 09/03/2008, -2/+41massaks, believe the word is CHEAPSKATE, not cheap scape. Oh, and also Linux in an OS not an app.
- Peterix, on 09/03/2008, -1/+38No, thanks KDE. Webkit is a fork of KHtml after all.
- codyman, on 09/03/2008, -0/+31Considering that this browser only was released yesterday, I think that so far it has had a very good start...
I remember when Firefox (ala "Phoenix") came out, and it was really a mess at first... but so far Chrome is pretty shiny - inactive, on 09/03/2008, -4/+35Buried. Inaccurate.
"Note: There is no working Chromium-based browser on Linux. Although many Chromium submodules build under Linux and a few unit tests pass, all that runs is a command-line "all tests pass" executable." - missingnoh4x, on 09/03/2008, -0/+29I could simply take the flamebait, but instead I'll simply say this: Regardless of what you think, many of us like Linux. Isn't that reason enough for Google to provide a port?
- bj1989, on 09/03/2008, -0/+24That's not the point...
- Elranzer, on 09/03/2008, -3/+26"Thanks, KDE," you mean. Ever heard of Konqueror?
- Peterix, on 09/03/2008, -0/+21Another reason would be that Google uses GNU/Linux both as a server OS and as a desktop OS.
- ommadawn, on 09/03/2008, -0/+16And this is practical because?
- Rudegar, on 09/03/2008, -3/+19wonder if it's fast because it dont have plugins or addons?
- djbon2112, on 09/03/2008, -1/+17Considering Google USES Linux on a majority of its computers, yea, Linux is *****.
- TehDoctor, on 09/03/2008, -2/+17I bet you'll see a big difference between Chrome on Windows v. on Linux, since each tab is a separate process. Process creation on WinBlows takes 7,000K cycles. It takes 500K on Linux.
- missingnoh4x, on 09/03/2008, -2/+17Who's digging me down? Chromium is merely part of Chrome, and that and V8 are the only things you can get the source to, it seems. On the sidebar of the Chromium wiki, you can see that Chromium is not all there is to Chrome:
"Google Chrome is built with open source code from Chromium."
As for Linux ports of those, straight from http://dev.chromium.org/developers/faq :
"Q. Does Chromium build a working UI on Mac or Linux?
A. No, not yet. We have ported and are building some very important building blocks, but we do not have a finished working interface on either platform. Read more: Platforms and Priorities.
Q. Well when will it be ready on Mac and Linux?
A. Porting to a completely new platform is a lot of work that will take some time. We are working extremely hard, and we expect some impressive results in the coming months. You should expect to wait months, and not days, until there is something you can use."
And in a big bold note on http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-i ... :
"Note: There is no working Chromium-based browser on Linux. Although many Chromium submodules build under Linux and a few unit tests pass, all that runs is a command-line "all tests pass" executable." - UtahApocalyse, on 09/03/2008, -1/+15I have played with Chrome - Its FAST!
It needs plugins, or addons though. (Adblock+) Also if you could use Ubiquity in the bar that would make the ultimate browser of the future - Junkey, on 09/03/2008, -2/+15Google knows what the people want.
- int10h, on 09/03/2008, -0/+11Because it's designed in a fundamentally different way than Firefox. For example, each tab runs as an isolated process instead of a in thread like Firefox, this is not something that can easily be changed between versions even if Mozilla wanted.
- MadHarvey, on 09/03/2008, -0/+10Aww, don't worry, Firefox isn't like your girlfriend. It won't mind if you want to give something new a spin..
- 4321234, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11I think I read somewhere something about a linux port.
Oh yeah, at the top of this page. - fluxion, on 09/03/2008, -0/+10its a shame Adobe's memory-leaking, cpu-maxing proprietary flash plugin will invariably bring it right back to ***** City
edit: er...meant to respond to int10h - mrsteveman1, on 09/03/2008, -0/+10Google releases other apps for Linux, clearly they care enough about it to port their stuff.
- 4321234, on 09/04/2008, -0/+10Porn? I bet it's porn.
- mrsteveman1, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11Apple has done a lot to the engine since it was called KHTML. It's current fame is in large part due to Apples improvements which, because of the license, have been shared with everyone.
- spyd3rweb, on 09/03/2008, -1/+10Why couldn't they just help develop firefox instead of starting a new browser?
- bluehavana, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9Because it is a total architecture redesign that really only google has the money to fund and the non-committeeness to get out of the rut. The whole multiprocess architecture is complicated and expensive to develop. Also, if they released via the BSD license there is more of a likely hood of proprietary browsers implementing standards.
- clsslc, on 09/04/2008, -2/+11"Apple finally figured out how to contribute to productively."
Yeah, it's about time. Apple sucks. - watcht, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9Good luck in learning how to spell and punctuate. You retarded troll.
- paradigmx, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9ok, Linux has a puny marketshare... on the desktop... *nix based OSes completely DOMINATE the server market.
And the Linux Desktop marketshare goes up all the time, Microsoft is slowly, but surely losing ground to Linux, all the computer world needs is a catalyst and you'll see a marketshare fluctuation that will cripple Windows. For example, EA and Activision pledging full support for Linux( i realize how unlikely that is, but if it did, a lot of people like me who still hang on to their copies of XP for gaming purposes, would drop Microsoft in an instant because other gaming companies would surely follow suit) - mrsteveman1, on 09/03/2008, -0/+8The interesting thing is actually that these 2 browsers are entirely open source, so talk of wars and who will win are completely irrelevant.
- inactive, on 09/04/2008, -1/+9"I was bummed..."
You know, this means something completely hilarious in the UK. - tidu, on 09/03/2008, -1/+9Is it a boy or a girl?
- uahgekido, on 09/03/2008, -0/+7They're digging you down because the source code released is, in fact, the source code for a full Chrome browser. Download the code (if you can get it to not time out because of too much traffic), build it in Visual Studio, and you will get the Chrome browser for Windows. Granted, that doesn't help Linux users, and we are in the Linux/Unix section, but yeah.
You are correct, though, that the port to Linux isn't even remotely close to useful yet, and any code released pertaining to a Linux port would not appear to be much of anything other than an engine at this point. - sadisticmind, on 09/03/2008, -0/+7Linux is a great OS, and an even better idea. what other Operating System grows off its own community?
I may be a PC guy but i can still see the benefits from different Operating Systems - TehDoctor, on 09/03/2008, -1/+8Safari doesn't work on Linux, therefore WebKit does not imply Chrome would work. A rendering engine is not browser.
That said, WebKit itself is based on KHTML, which, after ***** around for a while, Apple finally figured out how to contribute to productively. - omarciddo, on 09/04/2008, -0/+7While I don't agree with how iritegood made the statement, there's a valid point there. It's open source, released under a BSD license. Don't like the way it's going? Take the code and fork it. Problem solved.
- mrsteveman1, on 09/03/2008, -0/+6The engine is webkit, yes. The rest is completely unrelated to Apple and some of the best features are things Apple doesn't even do in their own browser. The javascript engine is awesome and beats the one that comes with webkit by far.
Chrome on vista does kernel level sandboxing. Safari can't even do that on OS X yet because Apple hasn't set it up (but the framework is there). Chrome does the multiple process thing as well, the only other browser i know of that can do this is IE8. - solidus636, on 09/04/2008, -0/+6Well, Adblock will give a significant boost because it stops the need to load ads on a page, therefore speeding up page rendering.
- Rudegar, on 09/03/2008, -0/+7recall other first beta's like
IE8 which would on my PC crash at start-up until i removed it
and safari which would crash if i tried to bookmark a page
so in many respects google made a good first beta - Sparkster185, on 09/03/2008, -1/+7Fail
- tacojohn48, on 09/03/2008, -0/+6I would guess more like firefox 4.0; it would take a huge overhaul of the way tabs are handled.
- iritegood, on 09/03/2008, -4/+9GOD DAMN IT. How many times does it need to be repeated? CHROME IS OPEN SOURCE. It is IMPOSSIBLE to make sure that nobody will ever make any plugin system because CHROME IS OPEN SOURCE. If Google does not create their own extension/plugin system, someone could create their own. Do you know how? BECAUSE CHROME IS OPEN SOURCE. Beefbaron, you are an idiot. And Heywoodj, your opinion is worth jack-*****.
- Derrekito, on 09/04/2008, -0/+4Can't we all just get along?
How about a fight to the death and we can determine the winner of this argument via the outcome. - cesclaveria, on 09/03/2008, -0/+4they say you never go back...
- tacojohn48, on 09/03/2008, -1/+5The interesting thing is that Google bankrolls firefox.
- solidus636, on 09/04/2008, -0/+4Well, what ELSE is the 'Incognito Mode' for?....Surely it couldn't be for protecting your identity.
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