The search company's programmers have a bare-bones version of Chrome working on Linux--enough to use JavaScript and Gmail. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

While Google Chrome is easily the most popular PC web browser, it's open-source big brother, Chromium, doesn't have that many users, but it's always had some fans on desktop Linux. Now, though, that ...

Chromium, the open source software project behind Google’s Chrome Web browser, has gained native compatibility for 64-bit systems. This reflects the growing maturity of the Linux port and demonstrates ...

Earlier this week, we said that the Linux Mint project was preparing the disc images of Linux Mint 20 beta. Now, sure enough, they have been pushed to several mirrors and are available for download.

The open-source Chromium architecture is the backbone of many internet browsers, including Google’s Chrome. Google, Microsoft, and others have expressed support for the initiative. The Linux ...

Google, which is developing the open source browser development project Chromium, and the Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the open source ecosystem, have announced the launch ...

Chromium is an open-source project launched by Google in 2008 to innovate web browsing tech. The Linux Foundation announced yesterday (9 January) a new initiative, which aims to “fund open development ...

Google announced that it will drop support for 32-bit version of Linux, Debian 7 (Wheezy) and Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise). In a Chromium-dev group post on Tuesday, Dec. 1, Google software engineer Dirk ...

Chromium, the open source development version of Google's Chrome Web browser, recently gained support for native theming on the Linux platform. This reflects the growing maturity of the Linux port and ...

Chromebooks are pretty darn handy. Even some hardcore Windows users now acknowledge that a Chromebook might be just what you need for work. But, as great as Chromebooks are, and as much progress as ...

Linux apps have added a new level of utility to Chrome OS, enabling programs that go beyond the typical web and Android apps. However, Chrome OS wasn’t quite ready for certain tasks like video editing ...

Although Chrome OS is competent at handling web-based workloads, by design it's light on features compared to a full desktop operating system, which is presumably where many of its users are coming ...