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CodeWeavers Package Google Chrome For Linux and Mac

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-to-be-forgotten dept.

jfbilodeau writes "The fine folks at Codeweavers performed an 11 day experiment in getting Google Chrome working on Linux and Mac. Their efforts resulted in the Chromium proof of concept. 'Not only does this give Mac and Linux users a chance to see what all the hype is about, it also lets the world see just how far Wine has come and how powerful it truly can be. In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.' Caveat: their implementation is free as in beer but not free as in speech."

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  1. Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Giving Google all your data is not just for Windows users anymore!

  2. TANSFAAFB! by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There ain't no such thing as a free beer!

    1. Re:TANSFAAFB! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your acronym is wrong. 'Thing' does not start with F.

      It does if you've been drinking.

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      This guy's the limit!
  3. Re:Predictable, Really. by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    free as in beer
    but not free as in speech

    What of free from fear
    Of corporate over-reach?

    Yeah! Opera gives you corporate reach-around!

  4. In Just 11 Days by Rie+Beam · · Score: 5, Funny

    'In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.'

    How long would it take to send it back?

    1. Re:In Just 11 Days by just_another_sean · · Score: 3, Funny

      'In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.'

      How long would it take to send it back?

      It's like the trash in your collage apartment; let it start stinking first and then someone will take it out.

      I give it about three days.

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      Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional by CowboyNeal
  5. All the vendors wave your hands in the air and say by TheModelEskimo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hello, non-Windows world! We greet you with our awkwardly modified code that NONETHELESS runs on your systems!

    BTW, we don't care about your hippy licensing schemes yet. Try back in 10 years.

  6. Re:it is a remarkable achievement by Rie+Beam · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, 12, that's just pushing it. And 10 would have been unrealistic.

  7. The Internet... by david@ecsd.com · · Score: 5, Funny
    My God...

    ... It's full of ads!

  8. I feel so free! by David+Gerard · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now I, a poor Linux user, can give Google my confidential business data, bank account details, medical information, personal preferences in pornography and DNA code! And it'll all be entirely confidential between me and their marketing department!

    But they're still not evil. If they were evil, I'd have to search using Windows Live.

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    http://rocknerd.co.uk
  9. Obviously by DougF · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's like the trash in your collage apartment; let it start stinking first and then someone will take it out. I give it about three days.

    It's like the trash in your college apartment. Let it start stinking first and then everyone will continue to ignore it until the neighbors complain of the flies.
    I give it about 3 weeks.

    There, fixed it for you.

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    Impetuous! Homeric!
  10. Re:Predictable, Really. by Jamil+Karim · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ever heard of the best of both worlds?

    Of course! That's one of my favorite episodes... :-P