Google Chrome Beta Now Available On Mac & Linux

Mac and Linux users need not wait any longer for Googles browser, “Google Chrome”. It was originally only available as a developers preview. This beta version, termed Build 4.0.249.30, requires Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard, and is only compatible with Intel-based Macs. In addition to the Mac release, Chrome for Linux has also been promoted to a beta version.

While the developers preview has been around for almost 6 months, Google only feels it’s stable enough to be upgraded to a beta release. Google will continue to work on it and are expected to release an update approx every month. Releases will eventually make their way to Chrome’s “Stable” channel, which will offer “rock solid” performance without the inclusion of features still under development and testing.

Chrome for Windows was launched as a beta version in September 2008, with Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitting only days later that the lack of a Mac version at the time was “embarrassing”. Mac users have been waiting patiently for a somewhat stable release of Google Chrome for a while now. “It took longer than we expected, but we hope the wait was worth it,” product manager Brian Rakowski said in a blog post.

According to the Chromium development calendar, the beta versions are scheduled to graduate to the next level of maturity, “stable,” on January 12.Chrome for Windows graduated out of beta almost exactly a year ago. So we’ll see if Google stick to this.

Source:

Cnet

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