I would not presume that Google Chrome's memory usage is worse than existing browsers (though thankfully firefox 3 has recently lowered the bar a lot); it has the advantage of throwing away entire address spaces, avoiding some of the memory fragmentation problems that have bedeviled other browsers.
So I'm taking a wait and see attitude..... But first, let someone else do the basic Linux port, and then we can measure.... - Jim On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:02 -0400, Ton van Overbeek wrote: > Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > > On 9/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > > > > Anyone here motivated to turn Chrome into an activity? > > > > > > don't we need to wait until they have a linux version out? my > > understanding is that the current release is windows only. > > > > > > Ah, I must have missed that than, thought it was multi-platform... :-( > > > > Thanks, > > Christoph > > The open source project is on http://dev.chromium.org. > There are instructions for a Linux build, but it has the following warning: > > Note: There is /no/ working Chromium-based browser on Linux. Although > many Chromium submodules build under Linux and a few unit tests pass, > all that runs is a command-line "all tests pass" executable. > > > Anyway, since it really targets the high-end (each tab running its own > process with own virtual machine for JS etc.) > I doubt it will run nicely on the XO. > The renderer is based on WebKit. > > Ton van Overbeek > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel