Chrome is a good basic browse, but I wish it had a few extra button like a stop button.

Can't wait for chrome to come to Linux.

It's sad to see any mention of Code Weavers in here, ummm hello? Can we say Wine, because thats what it is. And I'd like to point out how diluted it is running an "Open Source" Program through a compatability layer (Wine or its rip off Crossover) in a true Open Source operating system (Why do you stupid people think it runs so slow???). This article may as well be a shameless plug for CrossOver. I will thought agree with the simple fact that a linux version should have been released at the exact time as a Windows release was for the simple fact of Android. Their flagship OSS touted about as their pledge to make everything open source and available to everyone yet they turn around a windows only program just like the went with T-Mobile instead of all wireless carriers with the G1.

It amazes me how many "technical" people out there believe Chrome is an operating system...ugh!

if they release chrome natively for linux at all, I'm happy

Its a pity chrome has not yet been released for linux. I use chrome on windows and I must admit that it surpasses Firefox in terms of speed. But when it comes to added features like extensions and plugins, firefox ruleeeez.........(IE 7 is already beaten down to the ground. Microsoft always releases the crappiest web browsers!)

CHeck this out :
www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/linux.html

I've seen how well Chrome runs on the Windows platform (which is actually impressive). I downloaded this crossover version to try out on Ubuntu Linux and I was surprised at how laggy it was. It took forever to load any page containing any flash, and although the flash ran fine afterward, it completely hogged every ounce of my processor while on screen. Every page scrolled very slow, any text input had a 2 to 3 second typing delay, and page/tab transitions did as well.

I won't say that this is Chrome being slow, because from what I've realized, every single program I've ever used through wine has lagged exactly like this. Therefore, I can't make any legitimate thesis on this take of Chrome. All I can really do is wait for them to finish the official developing of Chrome to really see for sure.

And I am tired of all the cheer leading every time google does a PR geared toward OSS zealots who don't mind imbibing their concoction of sewage fluids as wine. It is about time people stopped acting like a bunch of school girls and let the mofos know what will run and what won't.

Tell it to FSF, RH, novell, canonical, ibm, sun, google and whoever wants to piggy back on OSS to palm off their latest crap.

I'm kinda torn here. On the one hand I can understand Google targeting the majority of users with their products. Unfortunately that's Windows, and if you want people to really adopt your products, you go for the largest install base. I get it and I don't fault Google for this.

What I just don't get is that Google was able to become the company it is today largely in part due to Linux and Open Source Software. So they kind of owe it to this platform to "keep it real" and make their products at least a close second available for it. However to date, they have mostly failed to do so. There have been many promises that whatever they do for Windows will be done for Linux, but so far most of what we have is either just a copy of the Windows version running in a container (ie Picasa), or else a limited version with half the functionality of the Windows version (Google Earth), or else just a lot of "pretty soon now" with no actual release date in sight.

I know Google is not responsible for this Chrome container for Linux, Codeweaver is. But I just can't help feeling more than a little bit slighted that native Linux, and yes Mac, versions weren't made available as well. Google either needs to remember its roots or else they should stick to what they are best at and concentrate on web based apps so everyone can play.

i have to admit, i was already sold on chromium when i read about the part where each tab or site runs in a separate process.

this is the most prevailing issue with other browsers.

as aconsequence i have not been so excited about a new browser release ever since expecting a new netscape release in early 2000.

actually running crossover chromium could then only confirm my expectations.

using tabs feels snappy. pages load quickly. opening links in a new tab does what i expect. and the whole interface feels lean and spaceefficient.

even killing tabs is fun because it is so easy to get them restarted.

the only real interface design problem is the lack of a minimum tab-size. it is just the way i work: when i read a page i click dozends of links to be opened in new tabs while i continue reading the page. and then i keep tabs open until i am done with the page (which can take a few days or even weeks). on a good day i can get more than 100 tabs open. and that just doesn't go well with chromium because at the smallest tabsize the tabs are indistinguishable you just can't navigate them.

as a minimum, a menu with a list of all tabs (with full titles, like a history or bookmark list) would really be helpful.

if it weren't for the wine quirks like lack of X11 style copy-paste and inability to run a pdf-viewer i'd almost consider dropping firefox right away.

firefox has the dubious honor to be the only major free software application that manages to make me angry every time something bad happens. (like when i keep loosing tabs every time ff3 crashes, which is something that worked well in ff2. why the regression?)

greetings, eMBee.

OK for checking it out, but for any real use I'll wait for native version. Still feels like wine and has the inherent drawbacks of an app running in wine. I do like Chrome though so I hope they hurry.

I was able to install Chrome under wine. There are a few good tutorials on doing this. Chrome runs pretty well, no secure web pages but that is OK.