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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."

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

    I thought T'Sync was Spock's aunt.