Pre-Alpha Google Chrome Browser Available for Linux, Download Link Inside

"Chromium" for Linux is pre-alpha software. The GTK-based Linux interface looks and works just like Windows interface.

The browser rendered sites fine. Lots of features, such as bookmarks, the options window, and even the about window, are simply are not implemented yet.

The big missing feature currently is the tab bar. You can open a new tab just fine, but the tab bar is missing so there’s no way to switch between tabs.

Like the Windows version, Chromium for Linux runs each tab in its own process. Tab crash detection seems to not be implemented yet as killing a tab process causes the page to just stop responding.

Chromium, even in this early state, feels much faster than Firefox.

The Ubuntu Chromium Daily Builds PPA makes installing Chromium in Ubuntu very easy to do. However, these packages are pre-alpha and completely untested, they may not work for you at all. Follow the directions on the PPA page to add the software repository.

Install Chromium from the package chromium-browser (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

The repository should be updated daily with the latest Chromium code.

Thanks to Tombuntu and Neowin for this news...

This article was posted in Browsers, Google Chrome, Linux, Software Zone.

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5 Comments

watzabatza

hhmm.. i think that's a good software.. available for windows too?
Tim Brazer

Have you tried switching tabs with CTRL + TAB even though you can't see them? Just a thought.
3v4n

neither the link or command work for me. Nicer theme too.
Tynach

3v4n, you have to add the repository for Synaptic and apt-get to use, then you can use that command.
Tynach

EPIC!!! The tab-bar works now! This is amazing! It's almost complete!!!