Chromium Blog: Danger: Mac and Linux builds available

Danger: Mac and Linux builds available

Thursday, June 04, 2009

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.

How incomplete? So incomplete that, among other things , you won't yet be able to view YouTube videos, change your privacy settings, set your default search provider, or even print.

Meanwhile, we'll get back to trying to get Google Chrome on these platforms stable enough for a beta release as soon as possible!

Posted by Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg, Product Managers

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Mohamed Mansour said...: Watch the comments flood in! Everyone was waiting for these to be released publicly. I know a lot of hard work has been poured in to make this a solid release :) Very nice!; June 4, 2009 8:42 PM
Surachart said...: I'm waiting for it on ubuntu.; June 4, 2009 9:01 PM
amir said...: I've been playing with the developer builds for a while...bon chance chromium team...it feels like you're getting there!!!; June 4, 2009 9:03 PM
g13n said...: I was awaiting to give this a try, but as for my primary web browser I'm using Epiphany/Webkit which is also claimed to be unstable but it works like a charm.

So, essentially Epiphany/Webkit is ideal since Chrome also uses Webkit as its rendering engine. The only reason for me to download this is for its V8 JavaScript engine :); June 4, 2009 9:09 PM
MCAndre said...: Thanks guys! Love the Under the Hood option: Move along folks, nothing to see here.; June 4, 2009 9:28 PM
Arun Prasad R said...: Still there is no way to set proxy, same is missing in chromium.; June 4, 2009 9:37 PM
Adam King said...: Wow!! - it works (with a bit of fiddling) with the latest Gentoo 64bit distribution. And it currently seems much faster than Firefox and appears stable. I've been able to access my gmail account and run most of the javascript at chromeexperiments.com. In fact, I'm writing this comment with the 64bit deb release! Thanks very much for releasing this!; June 4, 2009 9:55 PM
Dennis said...: MMMmmm... shiny!

I'm having fun with it. It's working great so far!

@Surachart: I installed it on Ubuntu like this:

cd ~/Downloads # or wherever
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb # replace with actual name; June 4, 2009 10:16 PM
jesse said...: I've been using the PPA Chromium package for a month or 2 now and the improvements have been great. It's about time Google pulled the Chromium improvements into Chrome, even if it's alpha. Great job!; June 4, 2009 10:23 PM
Sharkbaitbobby said...: From the Linux privacy page: "Google Chrome for Linux does not currently provide any visual indication to distinguish incognito mode windows from normal windows."
Not true. The tab bar is dark blue and the "You've gone incognito." message is displayed.

Otherwise, great work guys. I've been using the chromium-daily PPA since it came out, and it's been progressing very nicely. For the past two weeks or so I've been using Chromium exclusively, except for switching to Firefox for the occasional Flash. I'll keep using Chromium though, because it has my history and bookmarks, which Chrome does not have.

I love watching development of this great browser, especially through the svn log and #chromium. Thanks for your awesome work.; June 4, 2009 10:26 PM
c0mp13371331337 said...: Spot on! I've been using the daily builds for some time now. I've really enjoyed seeing the steady progression of the browser in Linux over time. Every night I'm like a kid at Christmas, furiously apt-getting the next daily build, testing it, sifting through the menu options to see how it's coming along.

Very impressed so far. I was converted immediately to Chrome on Windows, and as soon as it's a bit more complete, it will be my default browser in Ubuntu. Thanks so much for the porting effort!; June 4, 2009 10:36 PM
comay said...: How about making them also available for OpenSolaris?; June 4, 2009 10:43 PM
davestation said...: Love the use of 'Dev' to avoid the releasy connotations of 'Alpha' :)

Once plugin support is finished I'll be able to switch over, and once it can stand on its own without the system titlebar and borders I'll enjoy using it :); June 4, 2009 10:45 PM
fantastic said...: I am not a developer. But was waiting for Mac Version eagerly. It looks awesome on my mac. Hope to see the public release soon. When is the public release expected? Can somebody tell me?; June 4, 2009 10:48 PM
Shota said...: I've been waiting for osx version long time. this's light and speedy. Thanks!
It seems like adobe flash is not acting well... I hope this to be fixed soon.; June 4, 2009 11:14 PM
Juvenn said...: Just waiting is so long; June 4, 2009 11:16 PM
Wei Hu said...: I'm getting Symbol `SSL_ImplementedCiphers' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking. Any ideas why? I'm running Debian unstable.; June 4, 2009 11:35 PM
Daniel Hedblom said...: Im really looking forward for Chrome on Linux. Thank you guys!; June 5, 2009 12:21 AM
Johan Sundström said...: OS 10.5 only so far, or should 10.4 users expect to be able to start it? (Light inspection leans towards not.); June 5, 2009 12:29 AM
sicapitan said...: NO PPC version heart CRIES; June 5, 2009 1:46 AM
Jeff Pants said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 5, 2009 2:21 AM
Jeff Pants said...: It is possible to install Chrome directly through aptitude, without having to manually download the package. As an added advantage, any additional required dependencies (in my case, xdg-utils) will be pulled in automatically. Directions to do so are available.

Chrome is working wonderfully so far. I've been waiting patiently for this day for the last nine months. I think this might be what finally makes my life worthwhile.; June 5, 2009 2:23 AM
Anrs said...: I absolutely love Chrome, have been waiting a long time for the Mac version. Can't wait to play around with it, even if it is very buggy!
Thanks guys!!; June 5, 2009 2:31 AM
Antonio said...: Per il mio compleanno!
Grazie Google!; June 5, 2009 2:32 AM
analogue said...: Great work ! I was so waiting for a 64bits GNU/Linux version, and it's working great so far !; June 5, 2009 2:43 AM
KenP said...: Is it possible to convert .deb to .rpm with alien and install in on openSUSE, for instance?

It would be good to know if anyone has got that working!; June 5, 2009 2:53 AM
Tuan Anh said...: So cool, I'm waiting for chrome for Ubuntu for a long time. Thank you, developers.; June 5, 2009 3:35 AM
Stef Manevski said...: Great work guys! Love Google Chrome and please keep on working on the beta for Mac OS X!; June 5, 2009 3:36 AM
Leon said...: It's great to see such a fast, stable browser finally come to fast, stable platforms.; June 5, 2009 3:46 AM
mattie said...: I'd like to try it out for using google reader (is quite slow in FF), but I don't have a deb based distro. Is there a howto how to use it then? why not simply provide a tarball?; June 5, 2009 4:29 AM
Snirp said...: Too bad you were not allowed to use Qt. Stragic reasons I guess, but it could have really speeded things up. Good job though.; June 5, 2009 4:38 AM
Vadi said...: I've been using the Ubuntu Chromium Daily PPA, it's working out well so far and you get automatic upgrades.

Is it recommended to stick to that or use this version?; June 5, 2009 5:12 AM
shell said...: on ubuntu is

Chromium Dev Build

This is an in-progress build of Chromium on Linux. The following significant chunks of functionality are known to be missing:; June 5, 2009 5:14 AM
Harold Fowler said...: I gotta tell ya, I am getting tired of this memory hog Firefox. The latest Chrome is starting to sound mighty ggod!

RT
www.privacy-center.de.tc; June 5, 2009 5:53 AM
kfx said...: Do these releases also send encrypted data back to google whenever you do anything?; June 5, 2009 6:12 AM
Kyrax said...: Great work Chromium team.

Congrats on getting more than 5% browser usage in May !; June 5, 2009 6:16 AM
Ricardo Z. Vendramini said...: I`m using the dev version o Linux.

I`m still waiting here for the Linux version.

I hope in the future the Linux/Mac/Windows be released simultaneously.; June 5, 2009 6:49 AM
Jeff said...: Thank the Lord!!!; June 5, 2009 7:14 AM
D. said...: Have downloaded it, though i'm not a developer.

Fast and stable, so far. Great. Updates, a lot. Can't write everything, since i'm in Brasil so can't use all signs. but runs beautiful. way to go, and thank you a lot!; June 5, 2009 7:19 AM
Drift^SK said...: What no universal binary on Mac? C'mon guys, this is something I could expect from Microsoft, not you.; June 5, 2009 7:31 AM
/mnt said...: THANK YOU!
For Ubuntu:
Installing Google Chrome will add the Google repository

*
Dev channel (for 32 bit systems):
google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb

*
Dev channel (for 64 bit systems):
google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb; June 5, 2009 7:52 AM
Brian said...: Linux build are starting to really shape up. Excellent progress from week to week. Been using it daily even w/o the missing features.; June 5, 2009 8:41 AM
teh_walrus said...: somewhat legendary. I have been a converted Chromer on Windows for quite a long time now (I downloaded it when it was still quite new when a fellow developer pointed me to the comic strip) and I am sick of using firefox with the chrome theme on ubuntu - separate address / search bars are so annoying now!

glad to hear it works on the more esoteric distros too - I have been known to dabble in gentoo - keep up the hard work!

PS wish I had the stomach to try taking a look at the code...; June 5, 2009 8:43 AM
ironflange said...: I'm not scared of "incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software." I used to run Windows all the time!; June 5, 2009 8:43 AM
SleepDoc said...: Is there ever going to be a version for non-Intel Macs? There are still a lot of us out there.; June 5, 2009 9:34 AM
Jeroen Reijn said...: Amazing job! Works like a charm on Ubuntu Jaunty! :-); June 5, 2009 9:40 AM
Maine said...: Thank you really much for the Linux version!; June 5, 2009 9:59 AM
Tim M. said...: Hmm I have been using Chromium (3.0.183) for while. This one is 3.0.182.5 and has more user polish for the app (non WebKit parts). 'Bout it.; June 5, 2009 10:08 AM
dan world said...: separate address / search bars are so annoying now

You know, it's so true. Seems minor, but that combined search/url box makes such a huge difference.; June 5, 2009 10:12 AM
Rufus said...: I have two PCs and a G3 iMac with 1GB RAM running Tiger 10.4.11

I would be more than happy to vulunteer to test Chrome on my mac, since it is just a backup system and therefore it's not crucial if some features are broken. Where can I download it?; June 5, 2009 10:14 AM
Tommy said...: Mac OSX: The url address is be disappeared on the location bar when its not active.

The animation loading isnt load or work on the tab.; June 5, 2009 10:56 AM
Colin said...: No PPC support, boo hoo. Any chance that's in the pipeline?; June 5, 2009 11:05 AM
Frans-Jan said...: It's hard to see a 4 x 2.5 Ghz PowerPC G5 isn't just good enough these days...; June 5, 2009 11:11 AM
SPThom said...: Loving the Mac build! I've actually been running the Chromium builds for a month or so now... Even though it's "unstable" and certainly not feature-complete, I think it's faster than Safari for loading up to test something Webkit-side.

Can't wait to see the finished product!; June 5, 2009 11:28 AM
marcelebrate said...: Wow, great work Chrome team. I'm most excited about the tab treatment. Blows Safari 4 beta out of the water, though I might say they individual tabs take a little too much real estate.

Recommended or not, this is my new browser of choice on the Mac.; June 5, 2009 11:46 AM
clamshell.php said...: Can't believe it's not a universal binary!
Jolly poor show, chaps. :(; June 5, 2009 11:47 AM
overthrow said...: there will probably never be a ppc port, since the best part of chrome (the javascript engine) is built for the intel instruction set, not the PPC instruction set. porting the javascript engine is a huge undertaking and it pains me to say it as the proud owner of a 12" g4 powerbook, but it's not gonna happen.

If you're on PPC and hope for a faster WebKit experience, Safari 4 Beta has some javascript engine improvements.; June 5, 2009 12:25 PM
patrick said...: ow yea...
finaly.. i was afread that it wood never come.
none of the software that thay make is avaleble for linux and now it is almost comlete.
cant wait till the final version.

thank you alot.; June 5, 2009 12:32 PM
Ddorda said...: I really like Chromium project, but every time I'm trying to say or ask something in the channel I'm being totally ignored :(; June 5, 2009 12:34 PM
Seanonymous said...: Can the Flash Player be installed in this browser yet?; June 5, 2009 1:42 PM
Deepak said...: eager, but just as yet not ready to put my mac in risk.. will wait !; June 5, 2009 2:29 PM
jord said...: :'( when will the PowerPC-edition be available? Please make it a Universal-programm!; June 5, 2009 3:34 PM
PHex said...: Stunningly fast for me and no crashes so far (early days of light use); June 5, 2009 4:29 PM
i5m said...: Cool, I have it running on Slax. Crashes like mad (I'm not sure if it's SSL problems in Slax or Chrome). But still I'm impressed. Good work.; June 5, 2009 4:43 PM
Mark said...: Once Chrome works on Linux and has extensions like Firefox I pledge to drop Firefox! I like the old Mozilla project but I like Chrome better on Windows now. Can't wait to fire it up on Ubuntu. Go developers go!; June 5, 2009 5:15 PM
Tyrone said...: I'm so impressed!
It kicks ass on my netbook running Ubuntu 9.04 32bit.
Sorry firefox 3.0.x your days are numbered..
My dad will be very happy about this release and so theres another linux chrome user to be.
Cant wait for the full beta and stable; June 5, 2009 5:55 PM
alex said...: Can't wait to see if you make a 64-bit .pbi for PC-BSD!; June 5, 2009 6:06 PM
Edwin said...: muy bien a probarlo!!; June 5, 2009 8:16 PM
dezji_neeh said...: I'm waiting for it on ubuntu.; June 5, 2009 8:37 PM
v said...: Saw this on Groklaw:

PJ: This is Groklaw, so I would add to be sure to actually read the Terms of Service too. "5.3 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Google, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose."] -

Wikipedia says:
Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome.[2] The Google-authored portion of it is released under the BSD license[clarification needed], with other parts being subject to a variety of different permissive open-source licenses, including the MIT License, the LGPL, the Ms-PL and a MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license.[3]

Anyone care to explain?; June 5, 2009 9:28 PM
Nick Brooker said...: "Me To" for SleepDoc's question.

Will there be a PPC release?; June 5, 2009 10:48 PM
Kaba said...: I've downloaded and tried on Mac. The input box doesn't support Chinese/Japanese input method.
Still looking forward the next release.; June 6, 2009 1:59 AM
systemfolder said...: What can I say? Not much, since my main Mac machine has a G4 PPC processor, so I can't even begin to try anything, alpha beta or otherwise.

I cannot believe a PPC porting can't be done. It may be a huge undertaking, but undertakings can be funded and Google is not exactly what I'd call a bankrupt company.

It's unbelievable I can use Google Chrome on a shitty Pentium III laptop manufactured 9 years ago but not on a Mac which is not even 4 years old and much more capable than said PC.

I get that it's an architecture-related problem, but cutting off what I believe is still a large audience (the PPC Mac owners, especially those who have still quite capable PowerMac G5s) doesn't look a smart move to me.

Oh well, thankfully there's life outside Google. I'll stick with Mesa Dynamics' Stainless (http://stainlessapp.com).

Regards,
Rick; June 6, 2009 3:02 AM
M Henri Day said...: Lovely ! In addition to the problems mentioned above, I find that I'm unable to set my homepage ; instead the browser insists on opening to «about:linux-splash». But the important thing is that we're now on our way - hopefully it won't be too long before a beta version is out there ! Congratulations, Chrome developers, and thanks for your hard work !...

Henri; June 6, 2009 4:18 AM
Anthony said...: So far, so good. I am SO sick of Firefox locking up on me - it wouldn't have to be a whole lot better to get me to switch.; June 6, 2009 4:37 AM
Anthony said...: What's with the "(Not Responding)" in OS X Activity Monitor?

Every Chrome process says that - but in fact each tab is working fine??

See http://aplawrence.com/MacOSX/chrome_developor.html for a picture; June 6, 2009 6:37 AM
alberkman said...: i run chrome for linux (debian amd64), and simply chrome > firefox. Good job; June 6, 2009 6:55 AM
id said...: People may be interested in some of the command line switches (which include proxy support):
http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#YwaaF8DorRY/src/chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc&q=proxy-server; June 6, 2009 7:54 AM
Rick said...: Hello. I have an Intel-based MacBook running Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger). When I attempt to open Chrome, it says that "you cannot use Google Chrome on this version of Mac OS X." Does that mean that I can only use Chrome with the Leopard OS? Please help. Thanks.; June 6, 2009 8:18 AM
Tim Wintle said...: I too have been using the daily ubuntu builds from Launchpad fairly regularly. Thanks to everyone involved!; June 6, 2009 8:42 AM
M Henri Day said...: Unlike you, Tim, I could never get the PPA Ubuntu Chromium builds to work on my 64-bit Ubuntu Jaunty setup, but the Google Chrome dev version seems to be working fine (within its limitations). Very nice, indeed !...

Henri; June 6, 2009 9:08 AM
Andre said...: Is there something wrong with the 64 bit version. It seems to have installed a 32 bit version and complains about libraries being 64 bit, resulting in a message 'something went wrong while displaying webpage'; June 6, 2009 9:18 AM
Anthony said...: Just ran into my first problem:

Form for credit card with select for expiration date. Date doesn't take, so can't complete order.; June 6, 2009 9:21 AM
Tim Wintle said...: And I've just spotted that you have the ability to drag tabs to new windows working! That's really impressive - good going; June 6, 2009 11:13 AM
JimTux said...: I've been using chromium as my main browser for a while now. It runs much faster for me than FireFox does so I figured why not stick to it.

Tux's Linux Blog; June 6, 2009 11:15 AM
spangrel said...: Universal binary please? Or are we living in Gulliver's Travels where PPC is immeasurably more difficult to compile?; June 6, 2009 11:33 AM
macewan said...: @Surachart,

Add to your repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

I'm testing it on Mac OS X at the moment. Rather surprising that Youtube is completely ignored due to no plugin support.; June 6, 2009 11:53 AM
Ful1to said...: Install well, but it doesnt start when i click the icon (linux ubuntu 9.04); June 6, 2009 12:28 PM
M Henri Day said...: Ful1to, if you right-click on «Applications» select «Edit menus», and then open «Internet» and double click on the «Chrome» icon, what do you see in the box to the right of «Command :» ? On my 64-bit Jaunty setup, I see «opt/google/chrome/google-chrome», and the browser loads without any trouble....; June 6, 2009 1:04 PM
Matheus said...: Why did you release it then?...
couldn't wait a little more and fix all the bugs?...; June 6, 2009 3:24 PM
SolarControl said...: Awesome!

Been waiting on the Mac version. Once you complete the RSX11 version my life will be complete.; June 6, 2009 5:19 PM
Swaroop said...: Honestly, this thing is stabler than the latest Firefox on Linux!

And on top of that, it takes 1-2 seconds to open up vs. 14 seconds for Firefox.

(My PC has 3GB RAM, 2GHz Intel Dual core 2 processor, Ubuntu 8.10); June 6, 2009 6:59 PM
Diogo said...: And about the rpm version? I want to install in Mandriva; June 7, 2009 12:32 AM
gejo said...: Me too. I want to install it on mandriva but no rpm version is available :'(; June 7, 2009 4:20 AM
Me said...: haha .. don't download them. :); June 7, 2009 6:42 AM
Chewieip said...: Otherwise you don't push me to download I'll test it.

If the posts above are true, you've done a well done job!

Let's rock it on a ubuntu ...; June 8, 2009 12:14 AM
Ras Irafat said...: I have been using chromium nightly builds on Ubuntu intrepid for more than a month now and I love it! It's fast and does not hog resources.

I use chrome on my vista and xp boxes :); June 8, 2009 7:28 AM
M Henri Day said...: Ras, I never was able to get the PPA Chromium nightly builds to work on my 64-bit Jaunty setup, which is why I was so happy to see Google Chrome for Linux released. Are you running a 32-bit or a 64-bit system ?...; June 8, 2009 7:58 AM
Tom Burdick said...: If only chrome developers had decided to use a real cross platform toolkit to begin with.

Now your going to have different bugs and different solutions that forever grow in 3 different directions.

Good !@#$%^ luck with that.; June 8, 2009 10:26 AM
zonavip said...: Hi... I'm a Mac user, can't wait to install CHROME on my MAC! I've been using Chrome for a couple of months on my PC Laptop and it's just GREAT!

I want to put some chrome on my apple ;); June 8, 2009 1:29 PM
John said...: I've been running the Shiretoko nightly for awhile now, Chrome isn't as fast yet but I also have noscript and adblock to move me along. All my FF nightly browsers run better on my Mac than Windows.; June 8, 2009 1:59 PM
Gopinath said...: Great work! Chrome team @google.

We really like you.; June 8, 2009 9:31 PM
John said...: Got a new nightly today, to my surprise my bookmark bar was loaded up. Keep up the good work.; June 9, 2009 4:19 AM
Pierre said...: What is the exact license of Chrome ?

In order to download the .deb, we must accept the "Google Chrome Terms of Service" that states:

"Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Google, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose."

It is said later that the software is part of the service (referred as "content").

Is this really free software ? Do we have a "separate agreement with Google" ?; June 9, 2009 6:03 AM
chazwh said...: Just installed it. Aside from the aforementioned problems the only thing i notice is the browser runs a little slower than firefox, but i cant wait for it to be finished.; June 9, 2009 8:03 AM
John said...: I agree that leaving us non-macintel users behind is rather foolish. There are huge numbers of us with perfectly functioning PPC Macs that do the job just fine for us that would love to be able to try {and someday use daily} Chrome , but won't be able to without a universal binary. And leaving out Tiger users too? Come on Google!; June 9, 2009 10:40 AM
Diego Viola said...: Please make it Qt4 based.

Read this:

http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2009/06/phrase-for-day-cross-platform.html

He is right.; June 10, 2009 3:53 AM
Malababa said...: Will it support FreeBSD?; June 10, 2009 7:58 AM
nande_kudasai said...: google should have done this from the very beggining.; June 10, 2009 9:58 AM
sj said...: I just updated 3.0.187 out of 3.0.182.7, but found it have a problem of CJK input in a window, not address bar. Please check it and update!!!; June 10, 2009 9:06 PM
umututkuy said...: nihayet google chrome'u ubuntu'da kullanabileceğiz : ); June 11, 2009 2:14 AM
Administrator said...: i'm still waiting for my mac...; June 11, 2009 6:20 AM
Magnum said...: V8 only has stable code generators for ARM and 32-bit x86 at the moment.

This means:
(1) The 64-bit Linux package contains a 32-bit binary and depends on 32-bit system libraries.
(2) Contrary to the beliefs expressed in some of the complaints, a universal/fat binary containing a PCC version isn't simply a recompile. Code generators are notoriously difficult to debug, so I doubt it makes economic sense for Google to write and debug a PCC code generator.

If there really are tons of PPC disappointed users out there, perhaps one or a few will pony up and write a PPC backend for V8. It is, after all, an open-source project.

Or, you could try stubbing out V8 to not actually do anything and see how well it runs on PPC with JavaScript just not working. You have the source code.

Also, there are APIs exposed in Leopard that aren't available in Tiger. I imagine if the build doesn't support Tiger, this is the reason, rather than mere oversight.; June 11, 2009 1:24 PM
logic said...: Looking forward to an RPM that installs and runs on 64-bit Fedora 11 (sans 32-bit libraries). :)

(Not a complaint, just registering the fact that not all of us Linux nerds are Debian/Ubuntu users, and if we've gone 64-bit, some of us have gone 64-bit, and aren't doing some sort of "64-bit except for..." concoction. :); June 11, 2009 2:39 PM
Dr. Science said...: Running chromium on my ubuntu machine. Nice work! Obviously this is incomplete, but I love the ground up reinvent going on here. I'll keep using it and inputting where I can! :); June 12, 2009 5:04 PM
mezped said...: Niiice I've been waiting for this for long. I hope I can contribute to make it better and fix bugs.; June 12, 2009 5:57 PM
Cam said...: I wrote about getting the browser up and running in Fedora:

http://littlethorpe.net/tptrn/article/87/googles-chrome-browser-on-linux

The same approach might work for other non-Debian distros.; June 13, 2009 2:27 AM
Scotty said...: I can't believe the best browser in the world doesn't support my Power PC computer. It's not even three years old.; June 13, 2009 9:07 PM
Keshav said...: Wow, Chrome is incredibly fast on Jaunty Jackalope, despite the *shudder* Intel Graphics problems on Jaunty. I've been waiting for this for a long time, because I hate building stuff from source. Obviously not finished though. (TODO content); June 16, 2009 10:13 AM
reinier said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 17, 2009 7:52 AM
Rufus said...: check out the chromium articles at DocumentLab; June 17, 2009 2:04 PM
Markh789 said...: On Ubuntu and had my first crash, I was really excited really.. compared to it happened in the first 10 seconds (dragging tab back in), I see what you guys mean by Danger..; June 18, 2009 11:11 PM
Socrates said...: wow! Firefox is going to be blown out of the water....

Ubuntu 8.10 and a happy customer...; June 19, 2009 2:10 PM
prodigel said...: Great news. Keep up the good work. Leaving this comment from Linux dev build.; June 20, 2009 4:07 PM
Socrates said...: it's only a developer's release but I find myself using it in preference to Firefox 3.

i think that's a good sign guys (and girlz) :-); June 23, 2009 5:37 AM
NITE said...: Chrome guys/gals.
Please bring out a version for OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. Please! I'm tired of using Safari. Tried Chrome on my friend's PC, and I loved it way too much. Simple, fast and efficient. That's all I want from a browser. So, please bring a Tiger version. Quick!!; June 23, 2009 4:42 PM
tshirt said...: Its nice to be able to use it even in its current form. Keep up the hard work.; June 24, 2009 6:38 AM
per said...: can't you please use openSUSE build service?
using it you can _automaticaly_ build for openSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva etc..

it would be a great benefit for all users regardless of their choice of distribution.; June 24, 2009 1:03 PM
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welcome to my page!; June 29, 2009 1:07 AM
ACE said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 29, 2009 9:53 PM
M Henri Day said...: It looks as if we're being spammed - I hope the blog owner will remove postings that simply seek to divert traffic to the poster's own blog !...

Henri; June 30, 2009 2:41 AM
ACE said...: please take down my previous post. Google Chrome is very good and I enjoy using it; June 30, 2009 11:57 AM
Matt said...: im trying it. i like it. i just want flash, and the ability to delete bookmarks, then its perfect.; June 30, 2009 3:26 PM
3stan said...: I been waiting for Chrome in Mac...; July 5, 2009 7:05 AM
XProflmfao said...: hope the linux version comes out soon. I just downloaded ubuntu, hated vista, and I really like google chrome when I used it on vista. go google chrome!; July 5, 2009 11:55 AM
Big Fat Whiner said...: I'm so excited!! I can't wait for the OSX version to be feature complete and stable! I'll help test it too. I LOVED Chrome on Windows.... therefore I should love it even more on OSX.

HUZZAH!!; July 6, 2009 3:35 PM
OpenOSX.org said...: Very nice......It looks better that FF 3.5 already.......

-webkit- is looking very nice!!!! GoogleChrome is the only long term contender with Safari....IE and FF will both fall short.....; July 7, 2009 3:08 PM
OpenOSX.org said...: Very nice......It looks better that FF 3.5 already.......

-webkit- is looking very nice!!!! GoogleChrome is the only long term contender with Safari....IE and FF will both fall short.....; July 7, 2009 3:10 PM
Chris said...: Your hard work is greatly appreciated! Chrome is lightning-quick compared to FF on Linux. I LOVE using it and will continue to do so even without flash and such!; July 7, 2009 6:03 PM
QB89Dragon said...: Damn, this browser is amazing on linux, so much faster doing anything graphical than ff3. Keep up the good work y'all, I can't wait for the full release on ubuntu!; July 9, 2009 4:22 PM
jmdsdf said...: FINALLY! ADOBE FLASH SUPPORT ON LINUX! Just run:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libflashplayer.so; July 9, 2009 4:34 PM
per said...: Create the directory named "plugins" inside the Google-Chrome directory and put the file "libflashplayer.so" from Adobe there. Use the version 9 of the flash player rather than version 10 for better functionality.
Works for me.; July 12, 2009 4:07 AM
Melanie said...: I really like the Chrome for Windows... One thing is (in my opinion) not correct. I can't open Hotmail! Ofcourse I know Gmail is better :P, but I am also using hotmail. Hope the guys will find a way to use it proper.

In many ways it's much better than IE!

Thank you; July 13, 2009 7:32 AM
Shawn Chiou said...: I can not input chinese correctly with both built-in input method and OpenVanilla on chromium!! Any idea about it?; July 13, 2009 7:00 PM
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william said...: Awesome project, Mel! Wow! I love your idea with new use of digi-images! Thank you for sharing tutorial, templates and your wonderful inspiration! more templates easy to download; July 16, 2009 5:58 AM
Robert Chase said...: I have been running the builds on my Unibody Macbook and Chrome is pretty amazing. I love the dead mac when you kill one of the threads.

A lot of people have made a good point about Power PC support. While Its easier from a design and support perspective there are a lot of PowerPC machines out there with plenty of life left in them. I have a G5 and a 17inch Powerbook that I have no intention of getting rid of in the near future.

Firefox, Safari, Camino and many other browsers still support PowerPC and Chrome is so lightweight it would be perfect for many older machines.; July 17, 2009 7:11 PM
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Shawn said...: Nice start! I'm really impressed with the speed! How about listing on this page the date of the latest update? It seems that the only way to find out if there has been an update seems to be to download it and then look to see if it's more recent since this page seems to be stuck in June.; July 22, 2009 6:58 AM
M Henri Day said...: Running Chrome 3.0.194.3-r20926, I can now access my home page by clicking on the home page button - a great step forward ! What I still cannot do, however, is use SCIM to input CJK glyphs into a text. Hope this bug can be crunched as soon as possible, as this means I have to go to another browser to write a message in Chinese or Japanese....

Henri; July 22, 2009 3:00 PM
p_j_fry said...: but that new Chrome OS of yours will be Linux based!?
Ohhhh boy!; July 24, 2009 5:05 AM
Felix said...: I am really hoping that the Linux build has a public Beta release soon... it seems a little strange not to have one, especially given the Chrome OS announcement. Wouldn't it make sense to have the centerpiece of the new OS to have as much Linux user testing as possible?

I also hope that Google puts some effort into improving Flash on Chrome OS/Linux, possibly even to the extent of offering an alternative. Adobe's solution on Linux really sucks, consuming resources to the extent that it affects overall system performance. I'd be concerned that a Chrome OS netbook with limited processor performance might get bogged down when used to watch YouTube videos. Or perhaps Google's solution would be to use a different, more Linux-friendly video format for YouTube...; August 7, 2009 1:58 AM
Sharkbaitbobby said...: Felix, I agree with you, Flash on Linux sucks. Though I think that we all know what that "different, more Linux-friendly video format" is: HTML5 video, which is at least partially working in the latest Chromium. With the new HTML5 features (especially video) and the increased popularity of slower processors (netbooks/Chrome OS), Adobe _has_ to be feeling pressured to improve Flash performance, especially on Linux. Additional pressure (or even help!) from Google can only help.

And a beta of Google Chrome Linux can only be coming soon; it's almost at feature parity with the Windows version. I imagine the beta will come when Flash and other plugins are working by default and as stable as Firefox. After that it seems to only be printing, language settings, Gears, and some other, minor things.; August 7, 2009 1:08 PM
synthea said...: Don't know whether it is perfect place to ask question , I have two questions.

1)Strings does not work for big files

I was trying to calculate DBID of oracle database according to the topic http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-discover-find-dbid.htmland following number 2) mechanism specified there that is using of strings keyword.

My unfortunately my oracle database datafile is so big that I could not use strings keyword for searching.

I used,
strings datafilename_loc.

It failed with big file size. What I will do now?
How I can open file with strings?

2) It is about security.
While enhancing security of my temporary folder in the post described in http://www.sysadmin.md/secure-temporary-folders-on-existing-unix-or-linux-systems.html my redirection fails. This commands always fails
echo "/mnt/tmp /tmp ext3 loop,noexec,nosuid,rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Can anybody please tell my why?; August 8, 2009 11:53 PM
M Henri Day said...: Running Chrome 3.0.197.11 on 64-bit Ubuntu Jaunty with 2.6.28-15 kernel :

I'm very much impressed by the improvements that have been made in Chrome for Linux over the past couple of months. Aside from the problem with SCIM, which I've mentioned earlier, I've noticed a couple of others, as follows :

1) Inability to send attachments with file paths in which non-ASCII glyphs are found. I've filed a bug (18754) on this matter, which may well be related to the SCIM problem mentioned above. The developers are aware of it and working on it.

2) With regard to the problems being worked on, the Chrome splash page states the following :

Plugins (e.g. Flash) are partway implemented and will cause frequent crashes. Use --enable-plugins to turn them on if you're ok with that; the browser is otherwise quite stable
...

I tried entering «--enable-plugins» in a terminal, but was informed that such a command does not exist. A bit confusing !...

Many thanks to the Chrome developers for their efforts hitherto - keep up the good work !...

Henri; August 9, 2009 2:46 AM
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M Henri Day said...: It looks as if we have a spammer («free call world wide») on the blog - I hope the blog owner will delete these postings !...; August 21, 2009 4:05 AM
cyberdude said...: no PPC!! Just compile it UB!; August 26, 2009 11:44 AM
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Nate said...: I need a PPC solution for my clients -- a light flingable browser that can cruise through the unnecessary Flash bloat of YouTube etc (do I need to see HD dog trix? no)

If Google could create a browser (and/or OS) for these old machines, they would dominate the market of low-end/lo-fi user.

Many people just need email, basic internet, basic video.... but as Flash bloats up, all these otherwise good computers (and niche market) can't keep up.

But if people were able to flock to "the Google experience" because it was the only thing that worked on their machine -- talk about $$$!!

Everybody wins!; September 9, 2009 6:33 PM
Helel said...: I add some code to the last release of the browser's code for printing web-pages (but its still incomplete) and a little adds for TOR usage and user-agent changing variable (I want to add an "extension's support" just like Firefox).
Also I fixed some errors that caused browser's chrashings.
Thank to principal developers, for create a wonderful full-opensource browser that works perfectly also on unstable version.
Soon as I can (when my code is completed/mature) I'll send you all of this ...; September 11, 2009 11:34 PM
matias_alb said...: It is unacceptable that a program of free software has developed for windows and for linux this in diapers.; September 17, 2009 1:52 PM
Silvi said...: Please, same keys for Zoon than windows version or "cmd +" no "cmd ="

Thanks; September 21, 2009 6:36 AM
Martina said...: Hi,
Thanks for this update.I like the Google chrome for its nice and secure feature.The beta version was harmful for the users on the Mac but the final release is really good one.

audiokabel; September 24, 2009 4:56 AM
Rik Brown said...: This post has been removed by the author.; September 29, 2009 6:44 AM
Rik Brown said...: I put some details about my experiences using Chromium on OS X - including the install instructions - on my blog for anyone who is interested

Chromium on OS X Snow Leopard; September 29, 2009 6:47 AM
Nicolae Crefelean said...: I have just installed Chrome 4.0.213.1 on my Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu 9.04) and it looks just great! :) It's also very fast compared to Firefox 3.5.3. I just wonder if there's a mouse gestures extension for Chrome because I miss it really bad.; September 29, 2009 8:08 AM
charlynet.7 said...: Hi, I install the Google Chromium 4.0.213.1 in Ubuntu 9.04 32-bits, and work without problem, You Tube videos works fine (for those who think that it doesn't work).

Thanks :D; September 30, 2009 3:30 PM
Cam said...: I'm also waiting for chromium to hit the beta status... so I can get rid of Firefox!; October 3, 2009 4:03 PM
glaz said...: to matias_alb; well get busy and write some code---"the DON"; October 4, 2009 11:09 AM
Glen.K.Peterson said...: Chrome for Linux rocks! I love it! It's my primary browser - and I'm a web developer so I have to use IE 6, 7, 8, and the latest version of Firefox, Safari, Opera, Konqueror, and Epiphany. I noticed some limitations a couple months ago, but now it seems to do everything I want it to. I love the speed, the low memory usage, the security, and the slim everything (title bar/tabs, bookmarks, start-up page, etc.) Thank you for making such a great piece of software!; October 5, 2009 5:46 PM
tressor said...: every time, when I download files larger than 0.5MB crashes..
so i'm using it for browsing, but when i want to download something - i open IE.
I sent an email to Google team, but ofcourse they've never replied..; October 10, 2009 2:50 PM
M Henri Day said...: Tressor, I've never encountered this problem using Chrome/Chromium on my Ubuntu or Windows setups - are you using a Mac (as you use IE as alternative, a Linux distro doesn't seem to be relevant here) ?... Can you provide us with more details ?...

Henri; October 11, 2009 4:45 AM
mark. said...: Would like this for my mac (ibook G4!); October 15, 2009 6:38 PM
Drake Blackwell said...: So far so good. Downloaded on Ubuntu based "Linux Mint 7: Gloria". Only issue found so far as that the .crx files for the themes do not seem to work. They don't have a file association attached to them and you can't simply drag and drop them on the browser.; October 20, 2009 1:35 PM
arthur said...: No thanks, I want my internet adfree, and I dont want a firm like google to collect data of my searches etc.; October 27, 2009 4:17 PM
Dan said...: I been waiting for this for a long time on GNU/Linux and I know many people are as well at the same community in my distribution.

Thank you ver much!; October 29, 2009 5:41 AM
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I'm not Linux savy ... said...: I can't wait!!!; November 3, 2009 6:09 PM
Healey said...: Soooooo, any chance that you guys are gonna eventually compile for Power PC Mac users?

There's this game I bought called Overgrowth, and I can't play it unless a PPC build of Chrome, Chromium, or Awesomium is released. =(; November 4, 2009 2:29 PM
akutbi said...: Dear Google,

I use Fedora Linux 64bit and I love it. I installed chromium on it and I feel it is doing well. "Please Google" publish all your product on Linux as you are doing on MS-Windows. Please dedicate more developer for Linux. Feel free to contact; November 11, 2009 12:09 AM
Cone said...: run in linux is no a feature, not run in linux is a bug.
Why do i have to chose betwen linux and some google products???
Please!!!! i like both.; November 20, 2009 2:24 PM
Ras said...: Its looking very good so far, hardly ever crached for me. just need to sort out silverlight plugin and flip for mac to work on osx. plugin keeps crashing; November 24, 2009 4:16 AM
Jess said...: Well i downloaded it just to give it a try
and i CAN watch YouTube videos
I can change my privacy settings
I can set the default search provider
and i can even print.
and it works like if not better then all my other internet browsers

I think its ready to be out to the public; November 24, 2009 4:26 PM
hvw said...: If only all 'unstable' software packages were this stable! Amazing. The linux/amd64 release is so much more stable than the latest Windows release, and, so much faster. I can see where this is going: javascript GUI libraries in this browser seem to perform like native GUI frameworks.; December 3, 2009 9:42 PM
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Really nice work! Your article is unique, informative, interesting and is captivating attention of the readers. You have emphasized on a good point.

Custom Essays; December 5, 2009 1:02 AM
ido said...: My mac book pro would not start after
downloading the version.my Hard Disk is not even seen on start up disk,it worked fine untill the first restart i did after downloading.
help anyone?; December 5, 2009 2:51 AM
ahmad said...: like to the UI consistency across all platforms. I did however managed to crash it using Ajax Studio; December 8, 2009 10:53 AM
Shawn said...: Chrome for Mac is looking quite good now! My biggest wish items are: let me edit my bookmarks (at least delete bookmarks I don't want any more or remove the entire list of bookmarks and reimport from Safari as I did initially); allow for updating the software (selecting About Google Chrome and pushing the update now button always gives me a server error).

Other issues are pretty minor (copying rows of text tend to give lots of blank in between rows when you paste them elsewhere, for example). Still not ready to make it my default browser, but I'm using it regularly!

PS - how about listing the most recent comments first rather than the oldest ones? Also a mention of what the latest version number and date release is would be nice. :-); December 8, 2009 12:06 PM
Sharkbaitbobby said...: The beta version for Mac and Linux is now available. It's more stable and probably should be used instead of the development version.

http://www.google.com/chrome; December 8, 2009 4:01 PM
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will said...: Massive disappointment that it can't run on older OS/systems. The Windows version is very retro compatible, so would be great to see this one keep up.; December 10, 2009 8:30 AM
art said...: i really give my thanks to google crome for Mac version please improve it as much as you can i just download it i love it i am crazy about crome it is the best browser that i ve ever used. And please try the full screen feature. i m glad to see the improvement, Very nice!; December 10, 2009 2:51 PM
Jarrod said...: Hi, so I have seen all these ads for Google Chrome for Mac and I was like, oh what the heck, let's give it a whirl!
welllllll
i like it, give it a 3.5 out of 5
but none of the Java stuff works,
for instance, chatrooms that use java, don't work
games that use java, don't work, i know this is the beta, and i like the skins, pencil sketch, a few suggestions:
1. Allow an activities window, like Safari, so you can see what all is going on in a webpage
2. Allow personal prefaces like font and size i.e. i can set font and size to Tahoma 14 on Safari
3. Fix java lol, i know you will :)
4. I don't know, can't find it if it is, but allow users of Chrome to make their own "skins" it would be wicked cool!!! :D

Great job guys!!!!!!; December 12, 2009 11:19 AM
Per Johan said...: I just wanna thank the team behind this BB (blazing browser)

I think you've done an outstanding job leading up to the beta release.

Looking forward to see where you guyz will take it from here, though I'm pretty sure it'll be a great ride for us "passengers"; December 15, 2009 12:58 AM
Tnsetop said...: FnSeo; January 1, 2010 10:35 PM
Noor said...: IraQseo; January 15, 2010 10:25 PM
alancurrall said...: I can't believe that Google neglected to make Chrome compatible with Atari TOS 1.4 !!!; January 27, 2010 8:25 AM

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