Google Chrome

Christopher Arnold chris at arnold.se
Thu Sep 4 01:46:53 UTC 2008


>Jona Joachim <jaj at hcl-club.lu> escribió:
>
>> On 2008-09-02, Vlad GURDIGA <gurdiga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Beech Rintoul <beech at freebsd.org> 
wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Vlad GURDIGA said:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> In Google Chrome System requirements
>>>>> (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411&to
>>>>> pic=14660) they say that a Linux version is going to appear. And in
>>>>> the "Download and install" help article
>>>>> (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95346&qu
>>>>> ery=open-source&topic=&type=) they say that it is open-source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this mean that is hope we'll have a FreeBSD version?
>>>>
>>>> If someone steps up and rolls and submits the port. You're welcome to
>>>> volunteer :-)
>>>
>>> I'd be glad to, but I'm afraid I do not have the skills for that... :-(
>>
>> Once it runs on Linux it shouldn't be too difficult to port it to FreeBSD.
>> However it doesn't run on Linux ATM according to what I've read.
>
>Has anyone tried to install it using wine?  I tried but it just hung
>after agreeing to the license.
>
I managed to get past slashdot's first redirect and Chrome started to 
render the page.

I have written down my experience and what was needed here:
http://www.arnold.se/chris/


 	/Chris


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