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Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by jrockway »

wmf wrote: post #56
sjs wrote: post #41

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That explains a lot! I wondered how Chrome OS got the Linux build of Flash working without X11. I thought they might have a thin X11 lib in their window manager, but I guess they shoe-horned the Windows build into the Linux version of Chrome. Crafty.

Chrome OS uses X11. The idea that Chrome is running Windows Flash Player under some kind of Wine wrapper is ridiculous IMO.

But the name contains the string .exe! Clearly that means Windows is being emulated.

(Note to people that think this is true; install f-spot on Linux some time. It's a C# application, and ends in .exe. Even though it has nothing to do with Windows, except that Microsoft spec'd C# and Microsoft makes Windows...)

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by joeyh »

kylemathews wrote: post #35
stanley wrote: post #32

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Iron works great but has issues with Flash (Ubuntu 9.10 x64). Can anyone confirm if Linux Chrome plays well with Flash?

For the past ~2 months or so, Linux Chrome has worked really well with flash -- as good or better than Firefox. They seem to be running a windows version of flash -- or at least the few times flash has run into an endless loop and I have to kill it via top, the process name is "exe". Update: Flash still doesn't work perfectly -- as my trip to scribd just proved. For times like this, I just reopen the page in Firefox.

The process name is exe because chrome internally runs /proc/self/exe when launching the thread for flash.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by camccann »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #59
camccann wrote: post #57

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Following evil laws is evil. Legality and morality are orthogonal, not isomorphic, concepts.

Morality and law are not equivalent or coterminous for sure, but I'd hardly say they are orthogonal. Do you really think they are completely void of interdependency?

They're orthogonal in that both can vary independently of the other. Making an act legal or illegal does not alter the morality of the act, nor does the morality of an act in a given context change the legality of performing it.

To the extent that you can plot the morality vs. legality of acts on a cartesian plane it's nice to find most points near the diagonal, but that doesn't mean they aren't separate axes.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by jp_sc »

truebosko wrote: post #24
drp wrote: post #7

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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.

I see the Developer menu, but "Developer Tools" is not listed on my Ubuntu build like it is on my Windows build. :/ I'm pretty sure I can't Inspect Element on my ubuntu build either, but I will try it when I get home.

The firebug-like plugin is in a separate package: chromium-browser-inspector

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by truebosko »

mattyb wrote: post #31
truebosko wrote: post #25

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Thanks! I will give this a try shortly.

For those installing via aptitude/apt-get, it's called "chromium-browser-inspector".

Thanks! I'm annoyed at myself that I never thought to check for a separate package for it. Oh god finally web inspector on Linux so happy :) :)

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by DrJokepu »

wmf wrote: post #56
sjs wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That explains a lot! I wondered how Chrome OS got the Linux build of Flash working without X11. I thought they might have a thin X11 lib in their window manager, but I guess they shoe-horned the Windows build into the Linux version of Chrome. Crafty.

Chrome OS uses X11. The idea that Chrome is running Windows Flash Player under some kind of Wine wrapper is ridiculous IMO.

Even though this is not true in this case, this wouldn't be unheard of. Google did exactly the same with Picasa, that is, the Linux port of Picasa is a modified version of the original Windows Picasa running on Wine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasa#Linux

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by mattezell »

mattezell wrote: post #46
jiaaro wrote: post #11

for what it's worth, I've been able to use the chromium daily builds without any problems for about 6 months :)

My experience has been the same. I have been using the Chromium Ubuntu PPA for about 2 months and have had no issues until this week (details: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29536 ). Although crippling to Chromium on my machine, I am sure my newly encountered issues will be resolved shortly, so I am not worried.

"...I am sure my newly encountered issues will be resolved shortly, so I am not worried..."

Just thought that I would update - as of today's PPA update, the issue is resolved.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by malkia »

jrockway wrote: post #61
wmf wrote: post #56

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Chrome OS uses X11. The idea that Chrome is running Windows Flash Player under some kind of Wine wrapper is ridiculous IMO.

But the name contains the string .exe! Clearly that means Windows is being emulated. (Note to people that think this is true; install f-spot on Linux some time. It's a C# application, and ends in .exe. Even though it has nothing to do with Windows, except that Microsoft spec'd C# and Microsoft makes Windows...)

So does all mono compiled applications for unix/mac. It's just an extension. It might be what you have said, but unless verified. It isn't.

Picasa for example is emulated through wine on Linux/Mac, but that's because it was developed originally for Win32.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by sjs »

wmf wrote: post #56
sjs wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That explains a lot! I wondered how Chrome OS got the Linux build of Flash working without X11. I thought they might have a thin X11 lib in their window manager, but I guess they shoe-horned the Windows build into the Linux version of Chrome. Crafty.

Chrome OS uses X11. The idea that Chrome is running Windows Flash Player under some kind of Wine wrapper is ridiculous IMO.

My mistake. I wrongly assumed Chrome OS did not include X11 when I read that they used a new window system.

Re: Google Chrome for Linux

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Post by dchest »

zacharydanger wrote: post #30

I just called up my local development site which has a ".dev" domain (which is setup in /etc/hosts) in Chrome and it decided it didn't want to load up any JavaScript or CSS. Apparently you have to disable the phishing and malware protection from the options. Just in case anyone else has a similar setup.

I used .aq domain with Chrome for my dev projects: it's real and mostly unused.
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