Good news for Mac and Linux users: CrossOver Chromium

Posted by Andrew.

Google has announced plans to support native Mac and Linux versions of Chromium, but they have yet to be released. The folks at CodeWeavers have successfully built a version of Chromium, Google Chrome's codebase, for non-PowerPC Intel Macs. they named it CrossOver Chromium.

The description of CrossOver Chromium from Codeweavers.com:

CrossOver Chromium is a Mac and Linux port of the open source Chromium web browser. CrossOver Chromium is available for download from CodeWeavers, free of charge.

The screenshots of CrossOver Chromium

The screenshot: CrossOver Chromium on Ubuntu Linux

The screenshot: CrossOver Chromium on Mac OS X

Free Download CrossOver Chromium

• Linux
• CrossOver Chromium for Ubuntu and Debian (32 bit)
• CrossOver Chromium for Ubuntu and Debian (64 bit)
• CrossOver Chromium for Red Hat, Mandriva, and Suse
• CrossOver Chromium for all other Linux distros.
• Apple Mac OS X
• CrossOver Chromium for Apple Mac OS X

Note: requires OS X 10.4 or higher and an Intel CPU, PowerPC Macs are NOT supported.

Other Resources about CrossOver Chromium

• Official Google Chrome on Mac OS X: Coming soon!
• Google Chrome Fans Forum - Discussion Google Chrome News, Tips, Problems, Themes, Plugins, etc.
• Launched Google Chrome - Uninstall your Firefox and Internet Explorer? Google Chrome is coming now
• External Link: Chromium Developer Documentation - This site contains design documents, architecture overviews, testing information, and more to help you learn to build and work with the Chromium source code.
• External Link: Official Google Blog - We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.

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