Google Chrome for Linux

#1

Post by drp » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:08 PM UTC

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

#2

Post by Confusion » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:42 PM UTC

I've been using the Ubuntu Chromium PPA builds for the last two months and as far as I can see, it all works just fine. Granted, the Delicious plugin didn't start working until a few weeks ago and I haven't yet tried any other plugin, but the developer tools are very good and those are the majority of my Firefox plugins.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

#3

Post by andrewcooke » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:45 PM UTC

just don't use it for anything you'd rather keep private, i guess...

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

#4

Post by truebosko » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:47 PM UTC

Confusion wrote: post #2

I've been using the Ubuntu Chromium PPA builds for the last two months and as far as I can see, it all works just fine. Granted, the Delicious plugin didn't start working until a few weeks ago and I haven't yet tried any other plugin, but the developer tools are very good and those are the majority of my Firefox plugins.

How do you get developer tools working? I'm using PPA builds as well, and I have no access to dev tools. Tried launching it with some flags and still no luck. Can't find documentation anywhere :/

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:47 PM UTC

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Re: Google Chrome for Linux

#6

Post by igorgue » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:49 PM UTC

truebosko wrote: post #4

Confusion wrote: post #2

I've been using the Ubuntu Chromium PPA builds for the last two months and as far as I can see, it all works just fine. Granted, the Delicious plugin didn't start working until a few weeks ago and I haven't yet tried any other plugin, but the developer tools are very good and those are the majority of my Firefox plugins.

How do you get developer tools working? I'm using PPA builds as well, and I have no access to dev tools. Tried launching it with some flags and still no luck. Can't find documentation anywhere :/

take a look in synaptic, searching for "chromium" and you'll find that there is a separate package for the dev tools

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by drp » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:50 PM UTC

truebosko wrote: post #4

Confusion wrote: post #2

I've been using the Ubuntu Chromium PPA builds for the last two months and as far as I can see, it all works just fine. Granted, the Delicious plugin didn't start working until a few weeks ago and I haven't yet tried any other plugin, but the developer tools are very good and those are the majority of my Firefox plugins.

How do you get developer tools working? I'm using PPA builds as well, and I have no access to dev tools. Tried launching it with some flags and still no luck. Can't find documentation anywhere :/

To get to the firebug-ish dev tools, right click and select "Inspect Element", or pull down on the "Control" menu (top right) and you should see a Developer menu.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by rufugee » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:54 PM UTC

Great...looks slick and runs fast...but with comments like this (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/schmidt_on_privacy/), how can I trust it?

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by alec » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:54 PM UTC

Stores passwords in plain text on disk: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25404&#38...

I noticed that detail when I was trying out Chromium a while back, and it still hasn't been fixed. It seems like a simple but basic security feature. I don't know what else isn't done yet, but it does make me worry. No guarantees that Firefox isn't doing similar things I'd object to, but I don't know about them, so for better or worse I have more confidence in it.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

#10

Post by keyist » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:56 PM UTC

For those with privacy concerns, Iron is a fork of Chromium that targets privacy and security.

Download link: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_download.php

Comparison with Chrome: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron...