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Google Chrome for OS X and Linux officially in beta

by TheMan
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Hello everyone. Google Chrome now has an official beta for Mac and Linux users, available at google.com/chrome. In my opinion, the design looks somewhat wierd transferred over to OS X, I dunno. I used to have a linux on my mac, but not anymore. But yea, its available, if you run OS X or Linux, go and grab it. From the email I got

Google Chrome

It's finally here: Google Chrome for Mac. Available today in beta!

Hi there,

Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We're excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

  • 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
  • 29 developer builds
  • 1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
  • 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
  • 64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
  • 8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
  • 4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten

Thanks for waiting and we hope you'll give Google Chrome for Mac a whirl.

Google Chrome Team
www.google.com/chrome

EDIT: MacRumors.com just posted some benchmarks for Google Chrome Java BenchMarking. Shorter bars mean faster performance