Supposedly in order to get most of the unique features in Chrome to work (most prominently the tabs), they had to make their own GUI. Porting this to Linux (and Mac, for that matter) will take some time. Unfortunately for us who use Windows as a secondary OS, if a program gets built first in Windows it takes longer to move to Linux than vice- versa. With Linux code, all you have to do to port it is make sure that there are one or two fixed dependencies and package the necessary library files into the installer. However, if it's a Windows program, the entire thing will probably have to be reverse engineered. The libraries that Windows uses are usually highly nonstandard (I venture to guess this is on purpose, in order to "force" people to stick with Windows). Expect it to be months before a Linux version comes out (and if Google Desktop Gadgets is any indicator, maybe even longer).
On Sep 4, 8:49 pm, Lars_G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not just a matter of "compiling" it's having it compile. Chrome > doesn't yet compiles in linux, the google techs are working on it, and > I am sure the community will start sending patches soon. Stay tuned. > > On Sep 3, 3:19 pm, "humble.life" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would, but, you know.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
