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Google Chrome Requires TSYNC Support Under Linux

Posted by timothy on from the what-you-gotta-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes Google's Chrome/Chromium web browser does not support slightly older versions of the Linux kernel anymore. Linux 3.17 is now the minimum requirement. According to a thread on the Debian mailing list, a kernel feature called TSYNC is what makes the difference. When a backported patch for the Debian 8 kernel was requested, there were hostile replies about not wanting to support "Google spyware."

3 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's not even all of T'SYNC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought T'Sync was Spock's aunt.

  2. Re:How the fuck does Chrome handle other platforms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know what the fuck TSYNC is, but I'm confident that the BSDs, OS X, and Windows probably don't offer it, especially if only recent Linux kernel versions support it.

    So how the flying fuck can Chrome run on these other systems that don't offer this functionality? What in shit's name is preventing those workarounds from being used on these older Linux systems?

    Shorter AC: I have no fucking idea what this is all about, but it fucking enrages me! Raaaugh!

  3. Re:So much for Debian 8, then... by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not referring to chrome issue, rather that giant greasy dump by Poettering into the open source pool known as SystemD