Interesting. I wonder will Google will officially release a version for Linux or Mac.

jokermatt999

@jokermatt999 The Picasa version for Linux runs on Wine, could this be a hint?

t3mujin

I've given up on my week of trying out Chrome.

Their javascript engine needs work. Several sites I've visited have some minor issues(I couldn't pull up a menu on one forum and Deviantart has an issue with search and browsing) Some sites load faster some don't.

I guess I'm stuck with firefox "crash if one tab locks up" for a little while longer. Maybe Mozilla can work this into Firefox 4? I don't care about adblocking(I've trained my eyes to not see them) but several friends pointed out that they use bookmark managers, and I use extensions like better gmail, and it's annoying to have to give those up for this browser. There are ways to take the "chrome" off of firefox through stylish, greasemonkey and the mozilla add ons page.

So yeah..Linux users? Don't bother.

Ajh

@All: Changed the bottom link, as the blogger's instructions offer more functionality (Flash, better font support) and cleaner instructions.

Kevin Purdy

Patience, you can build it for linux, but there's no working versions yet.
[dev.chromium.org]

Confuzius

I read on Google's blog announcing Chrome that they were working on Mac and Linux versions. I hope it's not like "Picasa for Linux" which is, let's face it, not really Picasa for Linux.

sceo

@sceo: LOL!

I wonder how much market share Chrome will garner in its first week of inception.

Joseph

This is cool, I have been trying for so long to run Chrome on Ubuntu Hardy, never thought about using WINE

Keith Dsouza

WINE: the constant excuse for Linux's gaps.

Look. If you're running Linux, it's because you don't want to run Windows. The consequence of that is that you don't get to run Windows apps.

If you're using WINE at all, it's because you really wish you were running Windows, but don't.

Just fricking run Windows then. WINE does not really fill the gaps.

krom

@krom The fact that some third party not in any way associated with anything linux has failed to port an application is not a "gap" in linux. The reason people use wine is that they prefer linux as an operating system (read: an operating system is an entirely separate thing from the programs that run on it!) but need access to some particular program.

Tachyon0118

@krom: Parallels: the constant excuse for Apple's gaps.

Look. If you're running Mac OS, it's because you don't want to run Windows. The consequence of that is that you don't get to run Windows apps.

If you're using Parallels at all, it's because you really wish you were running Windows, but don't.

...

Now, do you see how dumb you sound?

I like Linux; it, simply put, gives me the flexibility to define my own work environment in ways that no other OS can match. There are a few apps for Windows that I like, though, and I'm glad WINE is there to give me the ability to run them, even if WINE is not perfect and never will be.

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

I tried it! After browsing for a while I get this dialog box [i35.tinypic.com]
the perpetual wait for the Linux version :-w

vishr

Chrome is awesome, super quick, and the tab-threads and task manager are much needed and it's unfortunate it has taken this long to get them. But Chrome isn't ready for daily use. The lack of things you get from add-ons (ex. mouse-gestures, live bookmarks(RSS), IETab, customizable buttons) makes it not quite there. Incredible beta product, though. Functionality wise, I would use it over IE6/7 any day.

My uneducated opinion would be the Linux version won't use WINE. The foundation of this is WebKit and probably has a lot more new code unlike Picasa which was a Windows app purchased. Also, I view the IEtab plugin for FF like WINE. It's a crutch, but has its places -- when you need it you're glad it's there.

yabun

I noticed that Chrome uses IE6's Internet Properties dialog to get its proxy settings. When I click the proxy settings button in Chrome through Wine'd Ubuntu, nothing happens. Where do you think Chrome is trying to get its proxy settings in this environment? I also noticed, twice, when submitting this comment in Chrome using a VPN connection through Cisco's VPN Client, the client disconnected. It worked fine without the VPN connection. I haven't had a crash, or opened FF since downloading Chrome yesterday. I'm not a fanatic, but Chrome just gets me where I am trying to go extremely fast. Now if it would only render Outlook Web the way it does in IE (which is probably not standards based,) that would be great.

Longjack

What's the difference in running Google Chrome on WINE and on real Windows system? I want to ask how stable it is, is everything working fine and etc.

ernetas

@yabun: Exactly, plus Chrome is Open Source, while Picasa is not!

Blaker

@krom: I'm reluctant to use WINE given that hard drives are so big that I can easily create a partition for Windows. Why spend an hour trying to get a game to work in Linux when I can just boot into XP and install it in 15 minutes?

elgilicious