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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. Google Earth is native! by dkegel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dangit, I wish people would stop spreading the false meme that Google Earth has anything to do with Wine! It's native!

    1. Re:Google Earth is native! by david@ecsd.com · · Score: 4, Informative
      It may be native, but it still looks like wine. I can't understand why, since it's compiled against QT, that it can't pick up my widget styles.

      At least then it'd feel native.

  2. Please help with the port by dkegel · · Score: 5, Informative

    If anyone has some free cycles, please come help get the Linux port going. There's lots to do. See http://dev.chromium.org/

  3. First impressions by wigaloo · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just downloaded the Mac OS X version from the link in TFA, and am using it to submit this post. It works, although the response seems a little slow, particularly with scrolling and window resizing. The amazing thing is that I never would have known this was done under Wine -- there was nothing else to install beyond the browser package itself. Very impressive.

  4. More technical details by jeremy_white · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case anyone is interested, the important parts of this work are available in a Free form, one way or the other. We're using a build of Wine equivalent to WineHQ of about mid week last week, along with a few patches that haven't been committed yet. I've sent along a few more details to the Wine devel mailing list.
    Cheers,
    Jeremy

  5. Re:For those of you using Firefox on linux.... by jeremy_white · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just posted the tips to get all of the relevant sauce . And, as another poster reports, it's been running fairly well with Wine for at least 9 days; it just took us a bit longer to get https working properly.
    Cheers,
    Jeremy