Comments on: Google Chrome on Ubuntu?

By: Alan Lord

Alan Lord — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:57:39 +0000

No need, Chrome is now available in Beta from Google in a .deb package. Just download it from here: http://www.google.com/chrome.

By: koolhead17

koolhead17 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:25:21 +0000

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-chromium-google-chrome-in-ubuntu-using-deb-package.html

get it from here

By: Anand

Anand — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:36 +0000

check ths link for step by step guide on INstalling Chromium browser(replica of Chrome)
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-chromium-google-chrome-in-ubuntu-using-deb-package.html

By: Satya

Satya — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:34:19 +0000

I have also tried on Ubuntu. For slow site like Facebook, it is not that good right now. http://www.satya-weblog.com/2009/09/tried-chrome-on-linux-ubuntu.html

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:22:25 +0000

Linux Chrome has replaced Firefox on my Ubuntu system. It is so fast and slick. Am hopeful an ad blocker will be available at some point.

Here is my ap launch command: chromium-browser –enable-greasemonkey –enable-user-scripts –enable-extensions –enable-plugins chrome://newtab

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:58:53 +0000

@Jake, chrome aint in C#. Its in C++. Its not even in VC++ its purely C++, thats why its faster than other browsers.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:59:07 +0000

Yeah… I guess they could be looking for a mass market, but they don’t charge for the browser. I mean, why wait, unless Chrome is still a beta. The port should not be difficult, as I am sure that Google has used C# to build the original (windows) version, which needs few mods to port to *nix systems.

I theorize that Chrome IS, in fact, a beta. Google has done a lot of Free or Open-Source projects (Android, to name a rather large one), and I believe that when Chrome is available for Linux and Mac, we will see massive improvements over the already stellar windows version.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:52 +0000

If you want to see a second way of installing Chrome on Ubuntu have a look at this -

http://www.fixya.com/support/r1238728-install_google_chrome_ubuntu

It’s very simple.

By: psychah

psychah — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:21:26 +0000

I suppose Google are really aiming for a mass market, so if it won’t be an instant hit on the Windows platform, it doesn’t really matter to them. Can’t see why they haven’t done a multi-platform release otherwise. They’re supposed to be OS agnostic, no? It isn’t _that_ difficult writing compatible software.

By: Alan Lord

Alan Lord — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:54:57 +0000

@Daniel, thanks for the explanation. I wasn’t aware that was how seamless worked. As for building the source, Google’s site says that the build for Linux won’t actually do anything yet other than pass a few build tests…