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Google Chrome for Mac and Linux now stable

After 11 months of ongoing development, Google Chrome for Macs and Linux is finally stable, moving out of the beta stage.

The company even admitted that for the first few months the popular browser was extremely buggy and should only be used by more advanced users. Today, that is no longer an issue.



Along with the "stable" tag, Chrome for Macs and Linux now include advanced syncing for bookmarks and settings, geolocation APIs, app cache and other HTML5 tools.

Perhaps more notably to the casual end user, the browsers now have access to all 4500 Chrome extensions.

Not included in the new release is built-in Flash, as you will need to manually download it. By Flash 10.1, Google promises a stable version.

Get the Windows version here: Chrome at AfterDawn
Get the now stable Mac and Linux versions here: http://www.google.com/chrome

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 May 2010 14:17

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• hikaricor

  Yea but we don't want it.... soo.... yea.

  25.5.2010 18:03 #1

• MrPuffin

  Originally posted by hikaricor: Yea but we don't want it.... soo.... yea. i don't know what your talking about but i love chrome and i love my mac so
  
  chrome + mac = i want it
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  26.5.2010 01:08 #2

• hikaricor

  Yea but I don't use a mac.
  So my point stands.

  26.5.2010 01:26 #3

• KillerBug

  Yup...Chrome is targeted at Mac users and people that would make good Mac users...it lacks features, it is slow, unreliable, and offers nothing of value at all...if it were overpriced, it would be an ideal Apple product.

  26.5.2010 05:52 #4

• DVDBack23

  Originally posted by KillerBug: Yup...Chrome is targeted at Mac users and people that would make good Mac users...it lacks features, it is slow, unreliable, and offers nothing of value at all...if it were overpriced, it would be an ideal Apple product. I gotta ask you, when was the last time you used Chrome, the 1.0 beta? Chrome is MUCH faster than FF, IE, offers tons of extensions, and has only crashed on me once in the past few months. Bulky FF has crashed on me multiple times.
  

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  26.5.2010 10:18 #5

• OmriSama

  I love that photo with the caveman.
  

  
  

  26.5.2010 10:21 #6

• ThePastor

  Great, so they've satisfied the needs of the "other 3%" ...
  

  Unfortunately for them, all Blu-ray protections have been broken and BD rips can be found around the Internet, usually before the retail even hits shelves.

  26.5.2010 19:27 #7