Chrome on Ubuntu: Install it now, show interest in promoting companies to write Linux software!

[Muzer]

Brian wrote:
> Orders of magnitude faster? That's blatant fanboyism. It may be 
> somewhat faster than firefox nightlies, but it's somewhat slower than 
> webkit nightlies. I run these tests myself.
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:09 AM, marc <gmane at auxbuss.com 
> <mailto:gmane at auxbuss.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dotan Cohen said:
>
>     > This post shows how to install the official Chrome 3 Alpha from
>     Google
>     > on Ubuntu:
>     >
>     http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/06/install-google-chrome-on-linux-and-why-
>     you-should/
>     <http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/06/install-google-chrome-on-linux-and-why-%0Ayou-should/>
>     >
>     > Do it. Let Google see how much interest there is in Linux software.
>     > Trust me, it will trickle down.
>
>     I've been using it for a few weeks. It's a few orders of magnitude
>     faster
>     than firefox - which is so slow on Ubuntu it hurts.
>
>     However, I use the daily build Ubuntu ppa:
>
>      https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa
>     <https://launchpad.net/%7Echromium-daily/+archive/ppa>
>
>
>     --
>     Best,
>     Marc
>
>     "Change requires small steps."
>
>
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Of course, Opera is just as fast as it, if not faster, in normal usage ;)

(If only they made it open-source...)

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