Well apparently the gui is partly working in *nix, according to
wiki... *cough* test-shell *cough*  Does anyone read wikis these
days...

On Sep 5, 12:04 am, eleifsp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 toLinux(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 toLinuxthan vice-
> versa.  WithLinuxcode, 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 aLinuxversion 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 inlinux, 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....
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