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If you're interested, you can follow Google's Mac build instructions and see how the project is taking shape. You'll also need XCode 3.1 and gclient. More detailed notes on the Mac project area available on the following Chromium Dev page.
While the news is bound to make many Mac users happy, many commenters aren't happy with the announcement that Chrome won't run on OS X 10.4 and that PowerPC support is not planned, at least for now.
The Linux port appears to have taken a back seat - the project page hasn't been updated since November 18, 2008. Linux build instructions were, however, updated last week though page clearly states that there is "no working Chromium based browser on Linux."
[via c|net]
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Subscribe to commentsmichas_piJan 12th 2009 11:46AM
And, knowing Google, the Mac and Linux versions will be in permanent beta.
TimJan 12th 2009 1:16PM
If google could develop a strategic partnership with a netbook maker, and have chrome installed and be the default browser on netbooks they would smart.
Jash SayaniJan 12th 2009 2:45PM
Finally.... Chrome for Mac is taking ages for Google... Perhaps, they have less Cocoa Programmers :)
BTW, Chrome looks nice on Windows 7 !
giesenJan 12th 2009 4:48PM
Linux version of Chrome would be awesome!
I suspect that the Linux desktop APIs (Gnome) are not as polished and fleshed out and stable as Win/Mac.
-=Ben=-Jan 12th 2009 3:11PM
Who really cares about google chrome anyways!!? Firefox is way, way better.
engadget ban squadJan 12th 2009 11:35PM
chrome =faster&safer for windows.firefox=personalization&speed(ier)
Dave JohnsonJan 12th 2009 3:59PM
Chrome is an interesting browser on the windows platform. There's the speed thing ... it's faster than FF. Then there's the copy and go, among other UI simplifications which "just make sense." I look forward to seeing it on the mac side, as I run a mixed environment. And it really doesn't matter whether or not it'd work on a PowerPC. These folks are the walking dead-they just don't know. It's the nature of computing ... relentlessly and ruthlessly moving forward.
LinuxTuxJan 15th 2009 11:18AM
Anybody ever heard of Codeweavers? they offer a Chrome based browser that honestly isn't that much different and runs in linux.
LinuxTuxJan 15th 2009 11:19AM
Oh and Mozilla Minefield...the replacement to firefox's tired java engine, blows Chrome out of the water.